Chapter 24: The Revenge of a Forgotten Race Part 1
As Goku began to deal with General Rildo, Galina, Pan, and Kei flew to the machine mutant's headquarters determined to get Trunks back.
"You know that base looks a lot bigger from up here," Pan said thoughtfully as the three of them hovered over the massive metal complex.
"Yeah," Kei said nodding in agreement "Trunks could be anywhere in there; it'll be like trying to find a needle in a hay stack."
"Well I'm not giving up until I find him!" Galina growled at the two kids. She then powered up a huge energy blast and threw it at the base blowing a large hole in the wall making a personal entrance for them to enter.
"Wow Pan," Kei said nervously as Galina flew off towards the base. "Your aunt can get real fired up when she wants to!"
"Yeah," Pan smiled equally nervous. "She gets that from my grandma."
Pan and Kei quickly followed Galina into the base who had managed to enter without much of a problem, however it was obvious that her attack had alerted Rildo's security system because alarm lights and sirens were now flashing and wailing away like mad.
"That's not good!" Pan yelled over the noise.
"We could be surrounded by robot guards any minute!" Kei replied grimly.
"I'm already set to take on WHATEVER comes in between me and finding Trunks!" Galina said determinedly ignoring the noise and danger. As soon as she finished saying this, a group of Rildo's robotic guards turned up determined to destroy the intruders.
"Well it looks like the welcoming committee has just arrived," Galina said with a smile and flew at the guards along with Pan and Kei who helped her destroy them with ease.
Soon there was only one guard left in tact and he was desperately trying to escape and summon assistance. "Danger…Danger…" he cried in alarm. "Assistance required!"
"Alright you!" Pan said angrily grabbing the guard before he could get away "Where's our friend Trunks being held!?"
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Meanwhile outside, Goku was still battling General Rildo and giving the machine mutant a real run for his money. But despite being pounded on a couple of times, Rildo didn't seem a bit nervous or scared by Goku's power at all. Not even when Goku punched him into one of the metal buildings of the surrounding city and it collapsed on top of him.
"Are we really through here General?" Goku asked his opponent cheekily as he calmly pulled himself out of the wrecked building. "Or are you just playing possum?"
Rildo just smirked at this comment, then he launched a surprise attack. He did this by detaching a fist off his metal armor which then sucker punched Goku right in the face before he knew what was happening.
"Ow!" Goku yelled rubbing his face in pain. "What the heck was that?!" he exclaimed. "A flying punch?!"
"I think you'll find I have many special surprise talents," Rildo smirked seeing that his detached fist was now heading back towards Goku from behind. "And if you turn around," he smiled. "You see there's another one for you."
Hearing this, Goku quickly spun round to receive another punch in the face. The force of this powerful attack caused the pint sized saiyan to go crashing into several buildings. Rildo smiled to himself as his detached hand came flying back to him with Goku in its grasp. However Goku was far from being defeated, as soon as he was close enough to his opponent he started to bombard Rildo with energy blasts. This surprise attack caught the machine mutant off guard, especially when one of the blasts hit the General in the chest forcing him to let Goku go.
"You know when our scientists are done with you," Rildo said gripping his injured chest. "You're going to be an extraordinary mutant robot."
"You mean they'd turn me into a robot like Giru?" Goku asked in astonishment.
"Not quite!" Rildo replied matter of factly. "You'll probably look a little like me."
"Eww…" Goku jokingly grimaced. "Thanks, but no thanks. My wife already has a problem with the way I look now. If I came home looking like you, she'd have a heart attack."
Rildo, stung by this insulting remark, charged furiously at Goku and soon the two fighters were battling again like crazy.
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Back at General Rildo's base in the teleporter section, Giru was supervising several robot technicians who were busy preparing to transport the now metallic Trunks to their mysterious leader Dr. Myuu.
"Subject now ready for transport," the leading robot technician called as he lead his team away from the teleporter and Trunks.
"Begin transmission," Giru ordered the technician standing next to him at the teleporter controls.
"Affirmative T-20-06," the robot said obediently operating the controls. "Initiating transmission sequence," he said flicking a series of switches which caused the metallic Trunks to glow a bright yellow glow. "Beginning molecular destabilization," he went on flicking a second row of switches which then caused Trunks to become transparent and then he slowly disappeared.
Just as his was happening Galina, Pan, and Kei walked into the room.
"Trunks NO!" Galina screamed and quickly flew over towards the slowly vanishing metallic slab of her husband while Pan and Kei dealt with the robot technicians. Just as Galina reached the slab it vanished altogether so her hands grabbed nothing but thin air. "Trunks!" she cried out in heartbroken grief. "Come back! Please don't leave me!"
"We were one minute too late!" Kei said angrily kicking away the remains of a robot technician.
"Oh Trunks…" Galina said deeply dishearten at what happened.
"Don't worry Auntie Galina," Pan said reassuringly to her. "We'll get him back for you."
"Yeah," Kei said in gentle agreement. "You shouldn't worry so much; it's not good for you or your baby."
"You're too late," Giru said to his former friends as he stepped out of hiding. "Trunks has already been transported."
"Well duh!" Pan yelled furiously as she and Galina turned to glared daggers at the tiny robot. "How could you just stand there and let it happen?!"
"Danger…danger…" Giru squeaked backing up in alarm.
"No kidding you treacherous little drone!" Galina yelled as she stormed over and grabbed the tiny robot up by his leg. "You're taking us to Trunks right now, or I'll blast you to pieces right here!"
Galina powered up an energy blast and aimed it real close to Giru's tiny body causing the little drone to flail about in terror. "Giru is very sorry!" he cried out in panic as he desperately tried to free himself. "Giru didn't mean to hurt his friends, Giru was only following orders!" He then pointed to a small door way on the other side of the room. "But Giru kept the dragon balls in a safe spot so his friends didn't have to find them again."
Pan and Kei cautiously opened the door and to their huge delight, found ALL the black star dragon balls that they had collected safe and sound.
"Giru's right!" Pan said happily. "The dragon balls are here, ALL of them!"
Hearing this good news Galina dropped Giru to the ground. "Well that's one problem solved," she said and then looked down at the freed Giru. "Now where's Trunks!?"
Giru gulped. "Trunks has been taken to Dr. Myuu," Giru gulped nervously. "Where he'll be…studying him."
"What!?" Galina exclaimed in horror.
"We better tell Grandpa about this," Pan said grimly. "We're going to need his help."
"Yeah," Kei said stuffing the dragon balls into a bag he was carrying. "We've got the dragon balls now so let's go." As they headed off Kei quickly grabbed Giru and stuffed the tiny robot into his pocket. "Oh and Giru," he said as a casual after thought. "You're coming with us, whether you like it or not!"
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Back outside Goku still had his hands full fighting General Rildo. Earlier on in their battle the little saiyan had been getting the best of the machine mutant, so Rildo had taken a desperate measure and fused himself with the remaining parts of the Sigma Force so now he was more powerful than ever. But despite his opponent's powerful upgrade Goku didn't give up fighting, he had transformed himself into a super saiyan and was then able to continue fighting Rildo head on. After a few more minutes fighting it was clear to Rildo that Goku was still stronger than he was, his theory was proven when Goku managed to damage his new upgrades quite severely. Clutching at straws the General then revealed his ULTIMATE upgrade to Goku; it involved turning the surrounding area into solid metal and then molding the metal to his body. To Goku's horror this upgrade had made Rildo harder to beat then ever even at a super saiyan level! In an attempt to escape Goku gave Rildo the most powerful punch he could manage and it sent the machine mutant crashing into a large tower which then collapsed on top of him.
"That ought to hold him for a while," Goku panted wearily to himself.
"Hey Dad!" Galina's voice called out from nearby.
"Huh?" Looking a little bit to the left of the rubble that had buried Rildo, Goku saw Galina, Pan and Kei flying towards him at top speed.
"We found the rest of the dragon balls grandpa!" Pan said holding up black star dragon ball for Goku to see. "But Dr. Myuu has taken Trunks hostage!"
"Guys stay where are you are!" Goku warningly called out to them. As they were talking, Rildo came crawling out of the rubble which had buried him. Seeing three new opponents flying towards him Rildo suddenly gave an evil smirk, he opened his mouth and a green light could be seen.
"Get away from them Rildo!" Goku yelled furiously. He had seen the General use that green beam before when he had turned Trunks into a metal statue and during their fight, WHATEVER it touched was instantly turned to metal. And it was obvious to Goku that Rildo now intended to turn his family into statues too! As the machine mutant released his deadly beam the small saiyan flew in front of his family and was instantly turned into a metal statue.
"Dad!" Galina cried out in dismay.
"Don't worry my dear," Rildo said evilly as he turned his attention to her, Pan and Kei. "You'll be joining your father shortly!"
"No!" Pan yelled as Rildo released another attack. "You leave my aunt and friend alone you big bully!" Pan threw herself in front of the two remaining Z-fighters and like Goku was turned into a solid metal statue.
"Pan!!" Kei yelled in horror.
"We must retreat!" Giru chimed from Kei's pocket. "General Rildo is too strong!"
"No!" Kei yelled angrily getting ready to battle Rildo on his own. "I have to help Pan!"
"Kei stop it!" Galina said grabbing the young boy's arm. "We can't fight Rildo like this! We have to stay alive in order to help my dad and Pan."
"Giru can help there!" Giru chimed happily.
"You two aren't going anywhere," Rildo said to Galina and Kei as he turned his attention towards them. "For YOU will be the next few subjects for Dr. Myuu to experiment on!" Just as Rildo said this he released another attack, suddenly Giru's small metallic body started to glow.
"Transport now commencing," the tiny robot said quickly and with a blink of an eye he transported Galina and Kei away to Dr. Myuu's hideout.
As his opponents vanished, Rildo reverted back to his original form and grabbed the metal slabs of Goku and Pan. "It doesn't matter now," he said to himself. "We have three saiyans AND a dragon ball in our hands. Those other two will soon follow," with that said Rildo flew back to his base with Goku and Pan under his arms to transport the two of them to Dr. Myuu's lab.
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"So this is Dr. Myuu's hideout," Kei said thoughtfully as he and Galina looked around the huge metallic lab complex Giru had transported them all to. Looking over towards a nearby control panel complete with metallic examination tables Galina saw a couple of robot guards bring in the frozen metal forms of Goku, Pan and Trunks. They also had the dragon ball Rildo had taken off Pan when he froze her.
"Hide Kei," Galina said ducking behind some metal crates. "Quick!"
The young boy did as he was told just as an old man walked in, who looked very much like a mutated version of the late Dr Gero. He had blue skin with long pointy ears; a dark blue visor over his eyes that made it looked like he was wearing sunglasses, long orange hair and a moustache. He was dressed in dark blue shoes, a brown helmet, green pants complete with a matching a long green sleeved shirt, the shirt was covered by a dark blue sleeveless armored coat with a white collar. Around his waist was a silver belt and wrapped around his neck was a red scarf.
"That's gotta be Dr. Myuu," Kei whispered quietly to Galina.
"Three saiyans and a dragon ball," Dr Myuu said ecstatically in a heavy germen accent. "How wonderfully splendid!"
"But there is still one saiyan and a powerful little boy still at large Dr Myuu, sir" one of the robots said warningly.
"It doesn't matter," Myuu said dismissively. "General Rildo will find them eventually. So let us start right away on the molecular restriction of our three captured subjects," he ordered loudly.
The three robot guards carefully placed the frozen Goku, Pan, and Trunks on the metallic operating tables. As they finished, a bunch of sharp examination objects such as scanners, drills and buzz saws started descending from the lab's ceiling.
"Ha, ha!" Myuu laughed maniacally as he examined the readings his instruments were giving him of Goku, Pan, and Trunks' power levels. "I can feel the intensity of these saiyans blood; oh I have waited ages for this moment! Begin the molecular restriction now!"
Galina and Kei watched on horrified as Myuu's examination machines slowly started cutting the metallic slabs of their family and friends into small pieces.
"We have to do something!" Kei hissed furiously to Galina. "I don't want to have a girlfriend who's in small pieces!"
"Wait a minute, since when is Pan your girlfriend?" Galina asked Kei in confusion.
"Oh I didn't mean that she was my girlfriend" Kei said suddenly turning red. "She's just my friend…who happens to be….a girl."
"Yeah right," Galina smiled giving the young boy a wink before turning to Giru. "Giru how do we turn off those machines….Giru?" But the small robot had gone, he was charging at the robot technician who was manning the controls.
"What's the meaning of this T-20-06!?" Myuu yelled angrily at Giru, furious that the tiny robot was daring to interrupt his experiments.
"Giru just helping sir!" So saying Giru opened up his body to reveal a small missile launcher within his chest, he then fired off a couple of missiles which ended up destroying the examination controls and the robot technician operating them.
"Giru succeed!" the tiny robot chimed happily as the missiles blew up their targets and brought the molecular restriction devices to a stop. "Giru succeed! His friends are safe!"
Giru then flew to the examination tables opened up his body again and pulled out a strange remote device. Pressing a button on the device a beam of light was released, when the light hit the metallic slabs of Goku and Pan they both returned to normal.
"Daddy!" Galina cried in delight as she happily flew over and hugged him.
"Galina you're okay," Goku smiled returning the hug. "What a relief!"
"Glad to see you're ok too Pan," Kei said blushing slightly as he joined his friend.
"Aww you were worried about me," Pan squealed in delight causing Kei to blush even more. "That's SO sweet of you!" She then turned to Giru. "Giru!" she yelled to the tiny robot. "What took you so long? Do you have ANY idea what it's like to be encased in solid metal for that long!?"
"Never mind her Giru," Galina said patting the small robot on the head. "Anyway you've still got to help Trunks."
While Galina was talking one of Dr Myuu's remaining robots picked up the still metallic Trunks and attempted to take it to his master. It almost got away undetected but Pan spotted it before it could get anywhere. "No!" she yelled in horror. "Not Trunks!"
"Don't move!" Myuu said sternly. While his prisoners had been busy being freed by Giru the evil scientist had called in some more robot guards, now Goku, Galina, Pan, and Kei were totally surrounded by laser carrying drones.
"The life of your saiyan friend is in my hands," Myuu said warningly to his prisoners. "So stay back! If this metallic tablet is broken you can expect your friend to NEVER regain his original form!"
Hearing this Galina angrily clenched her fists. "I have HAD it with you stupid robots!" she yelled furiously. "It's time to send you drones to the scrap heap!" She let out an angry scream and transformed into a super saiyan.
As this was happening Goku, Pan, and Kei watched on in stunned amazement. "Uh…Grandpa," Pan said slightly terrified. "I think Aunt Galina has reached the mother of all mood swings."
"Well now they'll learn not to make Galina angry," Goku replied calmly as Galina completely destroyed all the robot guards away with a well aimed Kamehameha blast.
"No! Not my robots!" Myuu yelled in dismay. He quickly turned to a few of the remaining guards that were left undamaged. "Contact General Rildo and transport him to this very spot at ONCE!" he ordered urgently.
Meanwhile Galina was catching her breath and holding her stomach wincing in slight pain. "That wasn't such a good idea….I've got to take it easy…." she said quietly calming down.
"Way to go Galina!" Goku smiled deeply proud at how his daughter had dealt with their opponents.
"Now to get Trunks back," Pan said and flew towards the robot that had still Trunks.
However the robot guard saw Pan coming and threw the metal slab to a nearby comrade. "I'm getting really tired of this!" Pan yelled angrily and flew towards the other robot.
"Pan be careful!" Goku called out warningly.
"I'll help you Pan!" Kei said running forward to assist her.
Unfortunaly the guard had seen Pan and Kei coming towards him and threw the slab to another robot guard. "I got it!" the guard cried. "I got it!" However as he reached to grab it Giru took the opportunity to blast Dr Myuu's transporter to pieces with his missiles causing the entire room to shake. The jolt caused the guard to miss the slab by inches and it shattered on the hard floor. "I don't got it," the robot said with a sweat drop running off its head.
"No!!" Galina screamed as she Goku, Pan, and Kei looked at the shattered slab in horror.
"I can't believe it!" Pan cried in dismay. "Trunks is dead!" She angrily blasted the guard that had dropped him and then collapsed sobbing into Kei's arms.
"Trunks…." Galina said in numb shock before she too burst into tears. "My baby is going to be fatherless!!" she wailed miserably.
"Oh Kami," Goku said worriedly as he tried to comfort his daughter. "Vegeta and Bulma are going to kill me…"
"I'm alright Galina," a familiar voice suddenly rang out. "I'm up here."
Galina and the others looked up a nearby flight of stairs at the far end of the room to see Trunks standing on them alive and well.
"Trunks! You're okay!" Galina screamed in happy delight as she flew to her husband and hugged him tightly. Suddenly she became angry and hit his arms with her first. "Trunks Briefs don't you EVER scare me like that again!" she scolded him furiously.
"Trunks is late," Giru chimed suddenly. "He's very late."
"I know," Trunks replied sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "But you of all people should know how busy I've been."
"Oh so there WAS a plan after all," Goku said in calm understanding.
"You knew the whole time?" Trunks said in astonishment. "I was hoping we'd have a better chance at succeeding if you were all kept in the dark about my plan."
"Well I wasn't really sure at first," Goku admitted. "But when you were turned into metal by General Rildo something about it just didn't ring true. That's when I knew."
"Wait just one minute!" Pan cried out in total confusion. "What in the world is going on here?"
"Yeah I'm kind of confused myself," Galina said faintly.
"We're just trying to say that Giru is one sneaky fellow that's all," Goku smiled.
"What? Him?" Kei asked looking at Giru in confusion.
"Yes Giru sneaky alright!" the tiny robot chimed before laughing happily.
"Well you see guys," Trunks explained. "Everything that has happened up till now has been planned by me and Giru."
"Metal Trunks a fake," Giru said proudly. "Giru made, Giru made. Giru protect dragon balls."
Pan angrily glared at Giru for a moment then grabbed him in a hug. "Oh Giru I'm SO happy you're with us instead of being a traitor!"
"GET THEM!!" Myuu's voice suddenly rang out. While Trunks and Giru had been explaining their plan, the evil scientist had assembled his remaining robot guards to attack them. At Myuu's order the guards began firing missiles towards the four intruders, but these attacks were quickly destroyed with a few well aimed energy blasts from everyone. Before the guards could try anything else, Goku and his friends quickly destroyed them with a few strong kicks and punches. Just as they finished off their opponents, Trunks spotted Dr. Myuu running up the stairs at the end of the room. The steps led up to doorway that he hadn't noticed before, the demi saiyan quickly flew over Myuu's head and blocked the evil doctor's escape.
"I know your hiding something behind this door doc," he said sternly to Myuu. "And since you're now out numbered why don't you just give up?" Trunks then turned to his friends and family. "Goku, Galina, Pan, Kei, Giru," he called to them. "Why don't you guys come up here? I think Dr. Myuu has a little secret that he wants to reveal to us."
"A secret?" Goku asked in confusion as he and the others reached the top of the stairs." What kind of secret?"
For the answer Trunks just calmly pushed a button next to the door which caused it to silently slide open.
"No!!" Myuu screamed in his most pleading voice. "Stop it! Don't open that door!" he begged but it was too late.
Goku along with his family walked into a large room that seemed like a small artificial universe with water all along the floor like a small ocean. In the centre of the room was a large glass tank filled with fluid and complex computer instruments build into it. To reach this tank were several metal platforms coming from different sides of the room, one of these platforms was which Goku and his friends were standing on. Inside the glass tank a tiny metal bug like creature strapped with wires around it could be clearly seen.
"Stop it!" Myuu yelled running into the room after Goku and the others. "Don't get any closer! My precious Baby," he cried to the creature in the tank. "Please forgive me for allowing them to see you…I didn't want such inferior creatures to see you until you'd reached your complete form!"
"Uh…what's that thing in the water?" Goku asked Trunks quietly as Dr. Myuu continued to ramble his apologies to the creature he called Baby.
"It looks like a robot baby," Pan said in awe.
"Your close Pan," Trunks said thoughtfully to the young girl. "It's called Baby," he explained. "An infant machine that was created by Dr. Myuu. Only he applied a restructured method not used by any other robot on this planet. When that thing is fully grown, its power could surpass us all."
"You've got to be kidding!" Goku cried in disbelief. "Can he REALLY get that powerful?"
"Argh!" Myuu yelled angrily pulling his hair in frustration. "How did a bunch of rotten saiyans like you learn the secrets of my Baby?!" he demanded to know.
"Even among robots rumors can spread like fire," Trunks said smiling down at the little robot in Pan's arms. "Isn't that right Giru?"
"That's right," Giru said proudly. "Giru heard stories, Dr. Myuu built a GREATER machine. When new Baby is born, all other robots are to be dismantled."
"So when Giru told me this," Trunks said going on with his explanations. "I had him show me where the main computer was and I shut it down. So it's over!" he said directing his last statement to Dr Myuu.
Hearing this Myuu became VERY distressed, ran to the computer on the side of his experiment's tank and tried to reactivate it. "Wake up!" Myuu yelled to Baby. "You can't die!" The crazed scientist furiously turned to Goku and his family in a fit of insane rage. "What did you do to my Baby!?" he roared furiously.
"Simple," Trunks answered calmly. "I re-routed his life support to the unit's plumbing system."
Myuu was appalled when he heard this statement and continued his desperate attempt to reactivate his creation.
"Your Baby will stop functioning soon and then we'll be safe," Trunks said to Myuu as he and the others continued to watch him work.
"No!! You can't die on me Baby!!" Myuu yelled furiously then opened up a panel in the tank's computer and inserted his arms into its circuitry. "We're not finished yet!" he cried desperately. "I can still use my own power to jump start the computer and keep him alive!"
"It's just like Rildo said," Trunks said to his family. "Dr. Myuu's aim is to control the entire galaxy."
"If he wanted to control the whole galaxy," Pan said holding Giru close in her arms. "That also means he had his beady little eyes set on the Earth too, just who do this guy think he is?"
"He's just like every other villain out there," Galina answered her niece gently. "Every single villain we've faced has always wanted to either control or destroy Earth."
"That's right," Trunks nodded in agreement. "He's greedy. That's why when Myuu continued his research on Baby; he began mobilizing the older models of robots on this planet using a military style of control. It's all practice for the day he finally takes over the galaxy."
"Giru and the robots forced to do bad things," Giru told his friends. "Very bad things."
"Yeah but if it wasn't for you Giru," Pan smiled down at the little robot. "Dr. Myuu might've taken over the galaxy by now. I think that shows a pretty healthy good side," she added gently poking him in the side.
"Is that true?" Giru asked in wonderment.
"Of course it is," Kei smiled patting him on the head. "You're a true hero."
"Giru have much concern of his homeland and Dr. Myuu," Giru replied happily "Giru concerned over the bad stories, no one must change, and then Giru met his new friends."
"When we found Giru in the desert," Trunks explained to everyone as they slowly walked over to Dr Myuu and his creation. "An abnormality in his data was activated, probably due to the shock of his journey. He experienced what we would refer to as a loss of memory or amnesia."
"Oh so he really IS a defective little robot after all," Pan said cheekily looking down at Giru.
"What?!" Giru exclaimed indignantly.
"I'm just kidding Giru," Pan laughed patting the little robot on the head.
"So when we drifted closer to Giru's home planet," Trunks said going on with his explanation. "The abnormality repaired itself and his memory started working again."
"Giru told Trunks everything and Trunks helped Giru," Giru happily finished up.
"It's good that we found Baby before Dr. Myuu was finished with him," Trunks said looking back at the creature in the tank. "I REALLY wouldn't have wanted to stare that thing down."
As Trunks finished saying this Myuu finally gave up trying to reactivate Baby and fell to his knees in despair. "My life's work….disintegrated in an instant!" he sobbed while slowly getting up. "You can't die Baby!" he yelled smashing his fists on the side of the tank. "Remember all that we're trying to achieve here! Think about yourself! Your life! What you will finally BE when you ascend to your true form! Remember the power given to you through the sacrifice of Ludd! Remember you are MADE through the galaxy, energy given to you from the ENTIRE galaxy, it PULSES through your veins! It's given you LIFE! This power is greater than ANYTHING the galaxy has ever known! Do you understand!? The galaxy is YOURS for the taking! Live Baby! PLEASE!"
Galina looked sadly at the sobbing Dr. Myuu. "I kind of feel sorry for him," she said gently. "It's like he lost his own child."
"Too bad," Goku said cheerfully. "I REALLY would've liked to fight Baby, it would've been fun! So what do you think?" he asked Trunks. "Has the little guy stopped functioning yet?" The small saiyan then began climbing on top of Baby's tank with a happy, excited, child like grin on his face. "Wow," he said looking at Baby in wonder. "Would you look at that…impressive. You sure you can't turn his power back on for just a little bit?"
"Oh Dad…" Galina groaned shaking her head at Goku's dangerous curiosity.
"You there!" Myuu yelled at Goku. "Don't you DARE put your hands on Baby's capsule! You disgusting vile saiyan!"
At the sound of the word 'saiyan' Baby's eyes suddenly shot open and the tiny robot creature began powering up as though he was angry.
"Danger….danger!" Giru cried out in panic. "Run! Get away!"
"But that's impossible!" Trunks yelled in disbelief.
"I thought you said you got rid of him Trunks!" Galina said backing away from the tank.
"So the little guy didn't die after all," Goku calmly replied.
"I don't get it," Trunks stammered nervously as Baby continued to power up. "Baby's breathing apparatus and computer should be offline by now!"
"That's it my Baby!" Myuu cried happily. "Grow stronger! Now EVERYONE will know what you're capable of!"
"His power keeps growing and growing! Stay sharp," Goku warned everyone.
"That thing is giving me the creeps!" Pan shrieked in terror.
"Well I'm ready for whatever it's got," Goku said getting into a fighting position.
Suddenly Baby let out an angry scream breaking free from his capsule prison and firing off millions of powerful green energy blasts sending everyone sailing away in pain, the blast also destroyed most the room and Dr. Myuu's lab as well. When Goku and his family came round they were just in time to see Dr Myuu crash to the ground in pain, his whole body looked like it had been put through a shredder even part of his visor had been blown clean off. The room that had stored Baby was now blasted full of holes in which the sky outside could be seen and what looked like cherry blossoms were falling through the gaps. As for Baby himself he was standing in front of his now shattered tank with a devilish smirk on his face.
"Watch out you guys!" Goku warned everyone.
Everyone watched on with horrified interest as Baby began powering up again.
"Incredible…" Goku said in amazement.
"And he's not even fully developed yet," Trunks added.
"That's right," Myuu said to his creation. "You must become strong my Baby! You must rise up and destroy those who have disturbed you. Kill the saiyans! Make them PAY for dishonoring you!"
Baby looked around his surroundings examining Goku, Galina, Trunks, Pan, and Kei carefully. "Kill….saiyans…" he said in a small raspy child like voice.
"That's right Baby," Myuu said happily. "Kill the saiyans!"
Baby looked at his five opponents again and started flying towards Goku. "Kill….saiyans….kill saiyans…." he kept on saying.
"Galina, Trunks, Pan, Kei, now!" Goku yelled and fired an energy blast towards Baby followed by the rest of them.
As soon as the combined blast hit him, Baby suddenly exploded into tiny pieces of skin and metal. It was obvious to everyone that the small creature wasn't fully developed enough for him to take up a full fight.
"No…" Myuu stammered in shock. "Baby…"
"Did we get him?" Pan asked wearily.
"I think so," Kei answered not too sure himself.
"Now I understand the full nature of a saiyan…" Myuu muttered angrily to himself and pressed a button on his armor. Suddenly the rest of the room fell away and from under Baby's shattered tank a giant space ship was revealed. As Dr. Myuu headed towards the ship, a tiny part of Baby began slowly moving and latched itself on to the injured scientist without anyone noticing.
"That's a space ship!" Galina said as Myuu disappeared inside the craft. "He's going to fly his way out of here!"
"Hey!" Pan yelled in annoyance as Myuu's ship took off into the blackness of space. "He can't leave now! I haven't even warmed up yet!"
"Pan calm down," Kei said soothingly putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Pan," Galina said to her young niece. "Baby's gone for good that's all that matters. Now we have to concentrate on finding the rest of the black star dragon balls and get home with them. I definitely do NOT want to give birth to my baby in outer space."
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Meanwhile somewhere out in space, Dr. Myuu looked out the window of his ship staring at the emptiness of infinity. "Saiyans…." he muttered angrily to himself. "Disgusting saiyans! They've mucked up my entire operation to conquer the galaxy! But I'm not the type to give up that easily because of a setback like this! If I can learn from these mistakes, I'll be ready for the resurrection in a few short months and THEN rebuild my Baby." Myuu broke off as he suddenly seemed to lose control of his body, then with a slow and painful crack a fully reformed Baby flew out of the injured scientist's body killing him in an instant.
"You fool," Baby said scornfully to the now dead Dr Myuu. "You have no idea who the boss is, do you? You are nothing but a simple machine for me to control. For it was I who programmed you to gather the energy needed for my resurrection and it was I who gave you the plans for creating Ludd and the other machine mutants! Yet you had no idea, did you? You feeble minded machine, your power over this planet is over!" Baby smashed open the inside of Dr. Myuu's head to reveal the one black star dragon ball he had collected. "But my time is just starting!" Baby said letting out a sinister child like laugh "I will be the one to bring planet M2 to completion! He! He! I know five disgusting creatures that are going to die today and they won't even be expecting me!"
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"Phew! I'm SO glad that's over," Galina said resting inside the safety of the Capsule Corp space ship. After leaving Dr Myuu's lab the five travelers and Giru had returned to their ship and with the little drone's help repaired it. However as they were lifting off General Rildo had appeared and attempted to stop their departure. But after a powerful combined energy attack which finally destroyed the machine mutant, the travelers were at last on their way again.
"The next dragon ball you guys find you'll have to count me out of it," Galina said tiredly to her family. "I need my rest…."
"Poor Aunt Galina," Pan said sadly. "She didn't get a chance to rest at all on planet M2. That baby must be really restless."
"Not really Pan," Galina replied with a weak smile. "I think the baby was enjoying all that fighting back there, I felt it kick every time I fought."
"Oh that's definitely a saiyan baby inside you honey," Goku laughed. "I can't wait to train him or her."
"Dragon ball detected, dragon ball detected!" Giru suddenly rang out pointing to a wrecked spaceship drifting near a large burning sun.
"Don't worry," Pan said reassuringly to Galina, Trunks and Goku. "Kei and I will get this dragon ball!" Before anyone could stop her Pan grabbed hold of Giru and Kei, put on some spacesuits and flew out towards the wrecked space ship.
"I sure hope those two hurry back," Galina said exhaustedly as she closed her eyes for a moment.
"Boy sweetie," Goku said patting her hand. "You're really tired aren't you?"
"Well that's a small price to pay when you're having a baby," Galina replied giving him and Trunks a smile. She then broke off as she suddenly felt strange.
"What's wrong?" Goku asked in confusion, he then looked down and saw that Galina was now lying down in a pool of water. "Why is there water on the floor underneath you?"
"Uh oh..." Galina said worriedly. "I...I think it's time..."
"What?!" Trunks exclaimed in disbelief.
"Oh no!" Goku panicked.
Just then Pan, Kei and Giru came back, while outside the wrecked space ship they had visited crashed into the sun and exploded. Thankfully the three travelers had found the one star black star dragon ball however they had also found something else. This something came in the form of an unconscious young boy with spiky green hair and a pale skin.
"My Kami," Trunks said in amazement. "You two were quick!"
"It wasn't easy," Kei said putting the boy down. "We found the dragon ball but we were almost blown to bits by a crazy security robot, we only JUST managed to get back before the ship blew up with the ball AND this poor guy!
"He was trapped inside the ship," Pan went on making the boy comfortable. "He really needs help," she broke off as she noticed Galina panting on her bunk. "Aunt Galina, what's wrong?"
"I…need a…hospital…NOW!!" Galina cried as she desperately gasped for air.
"She's ready to have her baby!" Trunks said urgently. "We have to move FAST!"
"Planet Vidal is the closest," Giru spoke up. "It has a great medical unit."
Within minutes of this announcement the Capsule Corp spaceship had landed on planet Vidal outside its medical unit. Galina was quickly rushed off to the maternity ward with Trunks, while the little boy Pan and Kei found was rushed off to the emergency room. Goku also went into the hospital, however he just hung around the waiting room hiding under the chairs. The young saiyan didn't mind hospitals but he absolutely DETESTED doctors, he was terrified that if he went near a doctor, ANY doctor he'd get a needle.
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In the delivery room Galina screamed in pain as she tried her best to deliver her baby.
"It's okay Galina," Trunks said reassuringly to his wife. "I'm right here," he then squeezed her hand tightly to help her subdue her pain.
"I know….Trunks," Galina said smiling weakly at him before and screaming in agony again. "Trunks…" she moaned. "I love you with all my heart, but you're NEVER touching me AGAIN….I'd rather fight Baby again then go through this….pain!!" she screamed.
"Come on my dear," said the doctor helping Galina with her baby's birth. "One last effort."
Galina gasped for air and pushed as hard as she could to bring her baby into the world, she kept on pushing and gave one last painful scream. For a few seconds there was nothing but utter silence, which was then broken by a loud cry of a new born baby. The nurse in the room helping the doctor, took the baby, carefully bathed it, wiped it down then gently wrapped it in a pink blanket. "Congratulations Mrs. Briefs," the nurse smiled as she handed Galina her child. "It's a girl."
The baby girl was a wonderful sight, she had a very thin layer of soft lavender hair and big bright black eyes.
"Aww a baby girl!" Galina cooed happily. "Hello sweetie!" She said holding her baby close and smiled when she gurgled happily at the sound of her voice. "Trunks it's a girl!" Galina cried in delight to her husband, but there was no reply "Trunks?" said in puzzlement. The doctor who had delivered the baby gave a polite cough and pointed to the floor, following his finger Galina then saw that her strong, courageous husband had fainted during their baby's birth. The nurse was now shoving some smelling salts under this nose to bring him around causing Galina to giggle softly. "That's your Daddy down there you know honey," she said to her baby. "Trunks!" she called to her waking husband. "Time to get up! Someone here wants to see you."
With a little help from the nurse Trunks got up from the floor. "Sorry Galina," he said to her sheepishly. "I guess I couldn't handle it…." He then smiled down at the healthy little bundle of joy in his wife's arms. "Hi there," he said happily. "I'm your daddy."
The baby girl smiled as she looked up at her parents giving them another happy gurgle. Galina smiled at this and kissed the baby's head. "Now what's a good name for this little angel?" she pondered out loud suddenly she smiled. "I think we'll call you Takara…it means precious treasure and protector… which you are," she looked at Trunks. "What do you think?"
"Takara Briefs…" Trunks smiled. "It has a real cute ring to it."
"Do you like the name honey?" Galina asked her daughter with a smile.
Takara gave out another delightful gurgle.
"I'll take that as a yes," Trunks smiled.
Just then Pan and Kei entered the room trying with some difficulty to drag Goku in after them.
"NO!" Goku yelled holding onto the door for dear life. "I don't want to go in! I'm gonna get a shot!"
"Oh honestly Grandpa!" Pan yelled as she and Kei struggled to pry Goku off the door. "Don't you want to see your new granddaughter!"
"See my new granddaughter yes!" Goku shouted. "But get a shot no!"
"Is he always like this in hospitals?" Kei asked Galina as he struggled to pull Goku into the room.
"Yes he is Kei," the happy mother giggled.
Takara watched with interest as Goku struggled to hold onto the door while Pan and Kei attempted to drag him inside. She then gave a playful giggle when Goku suddenly lost his grip on the door and toppled the two young kids over.
"Sweetheart," Trunks said proudly to his daughter. "This is your grandpa Goku."
"Yeah," Galina smiled. "And one day you're going to be and strong just like him."
"She sure will," Goku beamed as he got off of Pan and Kei who quickly picked themselves up.
"Awww she's such a little cutie!" Pan said happily admiring the newest addition to her family.
"Yeah," Kei smiled. "She's going to be a little heart breaker one day."
Takara suddenly started to cry and it didn't take long for everyone realize why.
"Are you hungry sweetie?" Galina asked her daughter.
"I think she must be," Pan smiled. "She's defiantly your granddaughter grandpa if she's hungry already!"
"Come on then you guys we'd better leave Galina alone to feed Takara" Trunks said ushering everyone out of the room. "I'll tell the nurse to have a bottle on standby," he said to her before he left. "According to my mom saiyan baby's have BIG appetites!"
"Thanks Trunks," Galina smiled and began feeding her little girl the motherly way as soon as he left. When Trunks returned Galina had finished feeding Takara however the baby sayien wasn't full yet and she began crying again. Trunks smiled and produced a bottle of milk which Galina took and then proceeded to feed her daughter with it. As Takara happily sucked on the bottle enjoying her meal. Galina smiled at her daughter. "You see baby?" she said gently. "Your daddy's already looking out for you."
After finishing her bottle, Takara gave out a semi-large burp, yawned and fell asleep in her mother's arms. Galina held her baby girl close to her and fell asleep exhausted from giving birth to her. But even though this was a happy occasion, no one suspected the hidden danger of Baby was lurking close by.
Authors's Notes: Here's the next chapter guys :D Hope you guys like it! The next chapter will be up soon! Promise :D