chapter 23: nest of murder

when fructose and friends(?) arrived at the time nest, they saw trunks and the supreme kai of time talking about something with worry. "i wonder what they're saying" said cilantra.

GORG... BURT IN AND YELLEd "WELCHS IS GOING TO KILL ME SOMEDAY PLEASE TRUNKS PLEASE KICK HIM OFF THE TIME PATROL"

cilantra buried her face in her hands, while fructose looked on in unsurprised horror.

welchs floated over to Gorg... and said "You know they've tried before. You know they cannot."

"WELL THEY CAN TRY iAND IF THEY DONT I WILL KICK YOU OFF MYSELF"

trunks sighed. "please dont do this, especially not right now.."

"REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REMOVE WELCHS REM-"

cilantra covered up Gorg...'s freaky babyface mouth. "and thats enough of that!" she looked over at trunks and the supreme kai of time in embarrasment. "sorry about that"

trunks replied with "its fine, and honestly its nothing new..."

"yeah the exact same thing happened yesterday"

"right now isnt the time to be worrying about that, however. something is causing major distortions in time, as well as just up and destroying timelines!"

.

trunks' time machine appeared RIGHT ON TOP OF KAME HOUSE HOLY SHIT. /I/ WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RIDE NIMBUS AGAIN

THE TIME MACHINE CRUSHED MASTER ROSHI! AND HE WAS NOW DEAD! trunks and co didnt see that though

yamcha, krillin, puar, and bulma all escaped the house, unaware of master roshi's fate. they gasped in shock as they saw the FAMILIAR TIME MACHINE!

"isnt that trunks' time machine?! well, the future one" said bulma.

everyone else nodded, still surprised. "that definitely looks like it. last time we saw him was..." replied yamcha, remembering the horror of cell. the androids became truckers, lots of people died, it was awful "so why would he be back?"

"i dont know, but considering the circumstances last time, it probably isnt very good..." responded bulma as the time machine lid opened. then they saw... future trunks (duh), some complete randos, goku, gohan, piccolo, some kid that looked like goku, a ghost, and... THE GOD OF DESTRUCTION, LORD BEERUS!

"OH NO TRUNKS YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT THAT GUY KILLED TURTLE!" YELLED YAMHCa.

HIS BEAUTIFUL CAT FRIEND SAID "YAMCHA, THIS IS WHAT WEVE BEEN TRAINING FOR! GET READY, WE WILL SAVE TRUNKS!"

trunks tried to speak, but was cut off by yamcha saying "i wonder why tien shinhan isnt here yet"

.

tien walked through a city, searching for chiaotzu. he could sense his friend"s ki, so it was much easier. eventually, he saw him, writing a letter.

"there you are chiaotzu" said tien. "where were you?"

"oh! i was writing to my pen pal!" chiaotzu held up the letter. "what have you been doing recently, tien? training?"

"training"

"training"

"but right now, theres a massive threat... THE GOD OF DESTRUCTION, LORD BEERUS, or someone similar, has killed turtle, and possibly others. we need to act fast!"

"oh no! what are we going to do? training?"

"training"

"training"

.

Gorg... was holding a time scroll with a puke yellow aura surrounding it. "IS THE TIME SCROLL SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE NICKELODEON SLIME? BECAUSE I DONT THINK THATS HOW SCROLLS SHOULD BE"

"ya think" said cilantra. "anyway so whos causing this so we can beat them up and go home"

trunks said "we can never see who is doing it, only the aftereffects of their actions... we need to find them before they disappear from the timeline!"

"oh god its like nettie duty all over again isnt it" mumbled a random time patroller who was eavesdropping. "man, that nettie kept trying to fix things, but only made em' daggone worse. glad shes gone"

"thanks for the exposition dump" said cilantra. "but you did just eavesdrop on our conversation. asshole"

"well fuck you too. also. i will find you, murder you, and eat your corpse and give the rest to the goddamned geese so you better make sure you think about who you bully and the consequences for doin' so, parder" the guy left.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED" YELLED GORG...

fructose shrugged. "i dont know but i didnt like it. everyone is acting very mean today,"

"I THINK IT WAS THE SAME GUY WHO CALLED YOU JESUS"

everyone in the room except for the supreme kai of time just said "oh" in complete understanding.

the supreme kai of time fell over. she was a cardboard cutout