Chapter 25: The Revenge of a Forgotten Race Part 2
When Galina woke up the next morning, baby Takara was already wide wake and crying her eyes out. "Aww…what wrong honey?" the happy mother asked her daughter soothingly. "Do you want your breakfast?" Looking around her room, Galina saw that someone had left a full bottle of milk for Takara to drink on the table next to her bed. As she reached over to take the bottle, Galina saw the young boy Pan, Kei and Giru had rescued from the wrecked space ship they had encountered yesterday, standing in the doorway of her room. "Oh hi there," Galina said cheerfully to the boy.
"Hello there..." the boy replied back calmly.
"Well you must be feeling a lot better if you're up and walking around," Galina smiled. "We were all so worried about you."
"I'm much better than you think," the boy said fixing his gaze on the still crying Takara. Had Galina not been so concerned with trying to calm her daughter down, she would have noticed the boy was glaring hatefully at the sayian infant just like Baby did with everyone yesterday when he first emerged from his tank. "So that's your new child huh?" he asked his voice slowly hardening with anger.
"She sure is," Galina smiled proudly as she gently rocked Takara in an attempt to get her to stop crying. "I don't understand why she's so upset though," she went on thoughtfully picking up the milk bottle. "I guess she's just hungry again." Galina began feeding Takara causing her to stop crying for the time being.
As Galina continued to feed her daughter a doctor walked in and spotted the boy standing in the doorway observing them. "You there!" the doctor said sternly to the boy. "You shouldn't be walking around by yourself; you're still far too weak for that! It's back to bed for young man!" The doctor gently but firmly dragged the boy out of the room.
Galina shook her head sadly at this site then looked down at Takara and saw that her daughter had just finished her bottle. "Finished already?" Galina asked happily to Takara putting the empty bottle back on the table and then kissing her forehead. "You're such a good girl!"
"Oh knock it off Grandpa!" Pan's voice suddenly called out from the corridor outside. "I keep telling you the doctor is with Trunks showing him something, you WON'T get a needle!"
"Are you sure?" Goku's voice asked suspiciously.
"Yes Grandpa," Pan's voice said wearily. "I'm sure! Now c'mon!" Pan and Kei entered Galina's room dragging Goku in behind them, with Giru nervously bringing up the rear. Seeing her family again Takara let out a happy gurgle of delight, but started to look sad when she realized Trunks wasn't there.
"Aww what's wrong Takara?" Pan said in gentle concern to the baby saiyan. "Why are you so sad?"
"I think I know," Galina said carefully getting out of her bed. "Takara wants to go see her Daddy, I think it's about time we go find him."
Hearing this suggestion Takara cheered up instantly and smiled brightly.
"Sweet heart," Goku asked his daughter in concern. "Are you sure you're well enough to walk around?"
"Yeah dad," Galina nodded. "I feel perfectly fine."
With that said everyone left the hospital room and started searching for Trunks.
"Where is he?" Kei wondered out loud.
"Well," Pan replied casually. "Trunks was a bit curious about some of this planet's technology, so the head doctor who delivered Takara decided to give him a tour of the hospital."
"Trunks?!" Galina called out gently. "Where are you?"
"The poor guy's probably getting a shot!" Goku said gloomily.
"Grandpa, will you STOP that!" Pan yelled deeply annoyed at Goku's obsession of being jabbed with a needle.
Before he could apologize to Pan, Goku suddenly stopped dead in his tracks.
"Dad?" Galina asked her father in concern when she noticed he had stopped. "Are you ok? What's wrong?" Just then she and the others stopped in sudden understanding as they all sensed a suddenly familiar energy level nearby.
"That power," Kei stammered in terror. "It feels like…"
"BABY!" Pan exclaimed finishing the boy's horrified sentence.
"But I thought we got rid of him!" Galina said holding Takara protectively.
"Looks like we didn't," Goku said grimly. "Come on you guys let's move! Trunks might need our help!"
--
Meanwhile not far away, Trunks was with the head doctor in a nearby lab having the time of his life testing out one of the planet's interactive microscopes.
"The technology here is NOTHING compared to what we have on Earth," Trunks said in amazement to the head doctor. However as Trunks turned away from the microscope, the head doctor suddenly grabbed the demi sayian's throat in a painful choke hold.
"What are you doing?!" Trunks gasped in astonishment as he desperately tried to pry the doctor's large hand off his neck.
"It's really simple you saiyan fool," Baby's voice said coming out of the doctor's mouth. "I want your power!"
"You're not the doctor," Trunks choked in horror. "You're…Baby!"
"Ha!" Baby laughed. "You seriously thought you could make ME go away?" he said gloatingly to his prisoner. "As long as ONE of my cells live I can regenerate! So it was simply a matter of me leap frogging from body to body to gather enough energy to form into my current state, but I'm not finished yet."
"What about that space ship we found earlier?" Trunks asked still trying to free himself. "That was you! Wasn't it?! You killed all those innocent people. You're the one who lured us there with that dragon ball!"
"They became 'Baby' food so to speak," Baby replied proudly. "They all died for a noble reason. But don't worry; you'll be getting a first hand demonstration of my power!"
Trunks gave a huge smile of relief as his family and friends suddenly burst into the lab through the door. "Hi guys," he said to his rescuers. "As you can see, the tour of this hospital didn't go as well as I expected."
"So I noticed!" Galina said glaring at Baby before firing a quick blast at him.
Baby cringed in pain as the attack hit him, so he jumped out of the doctor's body causing the poor unfortunate medic to collapse unconscious on the floor. Once out in the open, Baby landed on the floor glaring daggers at Trunks, Galina, Goku, Pan, Kei and Giru.
"Get this straight you parasitic freak of nature!" Galina said sternly to Baby. "NO ONE puts their hands on MY husband, except for me!
"You know Baby," Goku said thoughtfully to his angry opponent. "You REALLY shouldn't have picked a doctor to hide in; I'm naturally on guard on them as it is!"
"But how?!" Baby cried angrily. "HOW did you five know I was alive?!"
"We were all able to sense your energy," Goku answered simply. "You did a perfect job of suppressing it, but you made ONE little slip up."
"Yeah," Pan said taking up the explanation. "When you attacked that poor doctor, we were able to feel your energy when you did it, even though it was just for a minute."
"We didn't know WHO you attacked," Kei went on. "But we knew you were alive!"
Baby growled in frustration as he heard this explanation and realized that they were right. He had been far too careless while hiding from his enemies; he had let his guard down by jumping from body to body. It was a mistake he'd have to avoid in the future if his plans were to come true. All these thoughts passed through his mind within a matter of seconds as Trunks took up the explanations from Kei.
"We all figured you'd hide inside someone until the odds were in your favor," he went on. "So we decided to put ourselves in vulnerable situations to try to draw you out."
"Only this time we won't make the same mistake we did before!" Goku said getting ready to fight. "THIS time we'll make sure every last cell in your body is destroyed!"
"Hold on a second!" Pan cried out stopping Goku in his tracks. "Before this gets way too serious," she said turning back to Baby. "Just tell us one thing! That dragon ball you used to lure us onto that ship, where did it come from?"
This question caused Baby to burst into maniacal laughter. "That's not any of your business," he said once he managed to calm down. "But if you really HAVE to know, that was the first dragon ball the machine mutants discovered. It was digitized and transported into Dr. Myuu's head where it was then stored into his memory bank as data."
"Do you have any more of them?" Pan asked eagerly.
"Unfortunaly no!" Baby replied sadly. "That was only the one," he suddenly gave an evil smile. "But after I kill all of you I'll have four!" Baby flew forward setting his sights on Pan, but before he could reach her Kei fired energy blast causing the small mutant to fall back.
"No more body snatching for you!" Trunks said to Baby as he blasted him towards Pan.
"We would let you go if you didn't have intentions on hurting people!" Pan said kicking Baby into the ceiling causing the tiny parasite to bounce off it and then into a nearby wall.
"You can't keep doing what you did on that space ship!" Galina said as Baby picked himself up.
"You spared no one!" Goku yelled furiously aiming a huge blast at Baby. "Not even the children!" Following Goku's move all the others powered up and aimed their own separate energy blasts at their parasitic enemy intending to destroy him once and for all.
However Baby just let out an anguished yell and began powering up. As he did so, a giant red ball of energy surrounded the small deadly creature which then engulfed everyone sending them flying in all directions.
"Oooh…is everyone ok?" Goku asked as he got slowly up.
"I think so…" Galina answered her father as she checked up on Takara who she had a tight protective grip on. "Are you ok sweetie?"
Takara's reply to this question was an innocent clap her hands in happy delight, it was clear that even at such a young age she was enjoying this fight.
"Oh no!" Galina cried out in concern as she saw her husband pick himself up with a painful looking cut on his arm. "Trunks are you ok?!"
"Where's Baby?" Pan said looking cautiously around the room. "I don't see him anywhere."
"Galina!" Goku said sternly to his daughter as she moved towards Trunks. "Get away from Trunks, right now!"
"But dad, he's hurt!" Galina protested.
"On the contrary…" Baby's voice said coming out of Trunks' mouth. "I've never felt more alive! This is the saiyan power I desire!"
"Trunks!" Galina yelled out in horror as she slowly backed away clutching her daughter protectively.
"Danger! Danger!" Giru squawked in terror quickly backing away from Trunks.
"Hey!" Goku yelled to the possessed Trunks ignoring the panicked Giru. "Get out of him right now Baby!"
Baby's response to this order was to power up a powerful energy attack and then blast Goku clear across the room.
"Alright that does it!" Goku yelled angrily as he got up the floor again. "Get out of my son in law's body this instant or I'll blast you out!" Goku powered up a powerful energy blast himself.
"Dad no!" Galina cried out in horror. "You can't do that!"
"What do you mean?" Goku asked in confusion.
"If you hit Baby with that blast," Galina pointed out. "Then Trunks will die!"
"I'll try to hit him in a way so that he'll still be alive!" Goku replied soothingly.
"Are you crazy?!" Pan cried in disbelief to Goku. "There's no WAY anyone can survive a blast like that!"
Before Goku could reply he was suddenly blasted into the floor again by one of Trunks' attacks. The controlled saiyan then flew above the young Goku aiming another huge blast directly at the boy's body.
"Not even YOU can block a blast at this close range!" Baby cried out in triumph as he prepared to fire his attack.
Seeing her father act in such a cruel violent way caused Takara to start crying in distress.
"Oh sweetie," Galina said soothingly looking down at her wailing daughter. "Don't cry," she went on gently rocking Takara from side to side in an attempt to calm her down. "Your father will be alright," she whispered to her.
Baby looked over at Galina and her child grimacing in disgust at the sight he saw. "I see that you saiyans still breed like the pests you are!" he sneered directing his blast towards Galina and Takara. "Say good night!" he yelled powering up the blast even stronger.
"Trunks no!" Pan yelled in distress "Stop it!"
Galina didn't move, she held Takara protectively in her arms and stood firm. "Trunks don't do it!" she begged her husband. "The real you is still inside somewhere! I know you're stronger than this! Don't let yourself be controlled like this!"
Hearing this, the possessed Trunks suddenly turned around and blasted the wall behind him to pieces. "W…What happened!?" Baby stuttered in utter confusion.
"I happened Baby!" Trunks' voice suddenly said as he tried to regain control of his body.
"What?!" Baby yelled in disbelief immediately after Trunks spoke. "You can't talk! I should have absolute control of this body!"
"He's talking to Trunks," Goku said to the others in amazement.
"Trunks can you still hear me in there!?" Galina asked her husband eagerly.
"This is my body," Trunks yelled angrily to Baby as he powered up in an attempt to get rid him. "And I won't let you control me to hurt my family! NOW GET OUT OF MY BODY!!" With this said Trunks gave an angry roar and turned himself into a super saiyan.
"That's it Trunks!" Goku said encouragingly to his son in law. "You can do it!"
Trunks' increasing power kept going up and it was clear to everyone watching that it was having a devastating effect on Baby. The parasitic creature tried to regain control of his host body, but it was no good. With a roar of frustration Baby reluctantly exited Trunks body and slowly materialized next to him all ready to make a quick escape.
"We have to finish him off now!" Goku yelled urgently to the others.
But before anyone could do anything, Baby opened his eyes wide and blinded everyone with an attack similar to the Solar Flare technique. In the split second his opponents staggered around dazed by the flash, Baby quickly escaped through the hole in the wall.
"Alert! Alert!" Giru cried out to the others. "Baby escaping!" But it was too late to do anything now; Baby had completely vanished from sight.
"Trunks!" Galina cried happily running to her husband and hugging him tightly. "I'm so glad you're ok…" she said in great relief.
Takara smiled up at her father gurgled happily, almost as if she was saying 'me too.'
"Hey there sweet heart," Trunks smiled taking his daughter into his arms. "You and your mom both saved me."
Takara happily cooed at this compliment and cuddled against her father.
"You're alright Trunks," Kei said worriedly. "But it looks like we lost Baby."
"Yeah for now," Goku said equally worried. "Let's get back to the ship and find the rest of the dragon balls before he turns up again."
--
A little while later after saying goodbye to all the doctors and nurses for their help, Goku and his family were back on their space ship all ready to continue hunting for the remaining black star dragon balls.
"I can't stand the thought that someone has that sick creature inside their body right now," Trunks said grimly to the others.
"That is SO nasty!" Pan said with a shudder. "He could be inside anyone, who knows who he'll pick next."
"I have a hunch," Kei said putting a reassuring hand on Pan's shoulder. "That it'll be someone small and helpless like Giru."
"HUH?!" Giru cried in terror falling off the console he had plugged himself into causing Pan and Kei to laugh uproariously.
"What IS Baby after anyway?" Galina wondered out loud while rocking Takara to sleep. "There's a whole universe he could prey on. Why did he decide to lure us with that dragon ball?"
"I just assumed he wanted to steal the three dragon balls we found," Pan said casually. "I mean what else could it be? Mind you," she went on thoughtfully. "He DID seem a little obsessed with saiyan power, maybe it was our bodies that he really wanted. What do you think Grandpa?"
"Who me?" Goku said snapping out of his daze. Since they had left the hospital planet he had been sitting back in his chair with his arms folded behind the back of his head deep in thought. "I think I need something to eat."
"Oh Dad!" Galina sighed rolling her eyes.
"Don't answer this Grandpa," Pan said slowly. "But…do you think about anything else other than food?"
"Yes of course I do," Goku answered and then held his stomach. "But not when I'm this hungry."
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Meanwhile back on Earth at Capsule Corp, Bulma and Chi-Chi were spending some time talking to each other while Goten was on sitting on a nearby couch using his cell phone. The young demi-sayian was talking to a girl named Valise, a teenager who claimed never to have been on a proper date in her life with her previous boyfriends. Goten had been surprised and intrigued to hear this, so he was planning to go out with Valise and find out just what type of girl she really was. As for Vegeta, he was in the bathroom busy shaving his moustache off. Bra was the one who had influenced this decision, she had told her father to get rid of the moustache because in her own words it 'made him look like a geek'.
"Please tell me why can't he go after a girl that hasn't had any boyfriends?" Chi-Chi sighed to herself as she continued to watch Goten talk it up with Valise. "I married my first boy friend; doesn't this generation have ANY humility?"
Just as Chi-Chi finished saying this Goten suddenly hung up his cell phone, put it away and started to leave Capsule Corp in a real hurry. "Bye mom, bye Bulma" he called to them as he headed towards the door.
"Go get her tiger," Bulma said smiling encouragingly to the young demi-saiyan.
"Goten!" Chi-Chi yelled warningly after her departing son. "Be careful on how you act around those city women!"
Goten stopped dead in his tracks at this and turned back to his mother with a reassuring smile. "Aw mom gimmie a break would you? You weren't like this when Galina, Gohan, and Sai were going out. I can handle it," he called back as he resumed leaving the room. As Goten reached the corridor he spotted Vegeta who had just finished shaving off his moustache exiting the bathroom. "Hey Vegeta," he smiled to the saiyan prince. "What's up?"
Vegeta growled, slightly frustrated at the passing boy and his annoying cheerfulness.
"Ok…well see you later," Goten replied slowly. "I've got a date."
"Goten just a second," Vegeta said slowly turning around to face him. "Notice anything….different?"
"Uh…nope not really," Goten answered truthfully. "Anyway I've gotta boogie," he said heading off down the corridor. "This is one girl you don't want to keep waiting."
Vegeta growled in angry frustration at Goten's stupidity and walked into the kitchen, passing Bulma who was busy washing the dishes. "Well, well," she said to Vegeta as he passed her by. "You're looking especially handsome today, hon."
"Why thank you," the proud saiyan prince smiled.
"Do you notice anything different about Vegeta today Chi-Chi?" Bulma asked her friend.
Chi-Chi carefully examined the saiyan prince closely for a long time. When it was clear that she had no idea what WAS different Vegeta yelled, "I shaved my MOUSTACHE off you idiot!" then he stormed off in an angry huff.
"He thinks something like that should be front page news," Bulma said shaking her head.
"Did he shave it for any special reason?" Chi-Chi asked curiously.
"You could say that," Bulma said matter of factly. "Bra couldn't stand that moustache on Vegeta," she explained. "So she convinced him to shave it off by calling him a geek." Hearing this both Bulma and Chi-Chi burst into hysterical laughter, once they calmed down they walked outside onto the patio wondering about their family in space.
"Do you ever think about them Chi-Chi?" Bulma asked her friend. "And how they're doing out there?"
"Of course," replied Chi-Chi. "Every minute of every day, and you know what? I don't care if they don't make it back in time, I don't care if the whole world disintegrates. I just want my new grandchild, Galina and Pan to be ok."
"I kind of know what you mean," Bulma said quietly. "I miss Trunks even though his other self is still here with us. But hey, Goku's up there with them. It'll all work out."
"I sure hope so," Chi-Chi said worriedly. "But he's a boy now not a man remember."
"Yeah that's true," Bulma said equally worried. "But that never stopped him in the old days, so I'm sure they're just fine."
--
Meanwhile in West City, Goten was now on his date. He had just bought two ice cream cones from a nearby store and was now hurrying carefully across the street, to where a very attractive girl was sitting on a bench waiting for him. She had long brown hair, and matching brown eyes. She was wearing a short sleeveless yellow dress and matching yellow boots.
"Here you are Valise," Goten said offering his date a cone. "One ice cream."
"You're kidding, aren't you?" Valise said in puzzlement. "Where's the spoon?"
"Uh…it's a cone," Goten said with a sweat drop. "You don't need a spoon silly."
"Oh," Valise said taking her cone. "I've never eaten an ice cream cone like this. Doesn't it make your fingers really sticky?"
"You're kidding right?" Goten said with a chuckle. "You don't use fingers, you lick it like this." The young demi-saiyan explained as he demonstrated on how to eat an ice cream cone.
"Oh ok!" Valise replied brightly. "I get it now, you lick it."
"She's so innocent and sweet," Goten thought to himself as he watched Valise lick her very first ice cream cone.
A sudden explosion nearby caused Valise to stop in mid-lick of her ice cream "What's happening Goten?" she asked curiously.
"I'm not sure," Goten answered with a worried frown.
"Maybe it's a festival," Valise suggested casually.
"Maybe…" Goten replied with a nervous laugh. "I like way you look at things Valise; you're so positive and optimistic."
After finishing their ice creams the two young teens went for a walk down the street. As they walked and talked about things in general, they failed to notice several people running for their lives up the street in the opposite direction they were walking in. When Goten finally ran out of things to talk about with Valise, he looked up and spotted a large crowd who was surrounding a nervous Hercule. The 'world champion' hadn't changed much in the last ten years; true the 'great hero' had lost most of his hair and put on a little weight, but he still wore his iconic fighting clothes along with his championship belt and cape. Unfortunaly Hercule's ridiculous posing and cowardly nature hadn't changed over the years either, when things were too big for him to handle he normally let Goku and his friends do the fighting 'on his behalf' and took the credit for it later.
Right now Hercule was desperately wishing he was somewhere else; he was on the ground nervously staring up at a large man twice his size, with short blonde hair and eyes glowing redder than blood. The man was wearing a white shirt, a black neck tie and dark matching pants, if it weren't for the red eyes the man would have been just another ordinary business man. Hercule had received a report that this man had been creating a disturbance wrecking buildings, cars and hurting people all around him. Being the 'world champion' Hercule had confronted the man, then to his horror the man blew a huge hole in the ground in front of him with an energy blast! It was then Hercule realized that whoever this guy was, he would need the help of Goku and his friends REAL QUICK otherwise it was CURTIANS not only for him, but for his 'hero' image too.
"Hey Hercule!" Goten suddenly called out from the crowd. "How you doing?" the young demi saiyan said casually walking over to him. "It's been such a long time. You remember me don't you?" he went on. "I'm Goten, Gohan and Galina's little brother."
Hercule gave a mental sigh of relief at Goten's approach and got to his feet laughing happily. "Now you've done it, you blue collar rough neck!" he said addressing the man who turned away from him dismissively. "Hey!" he yelled angrily. "I'm talking to you big guy! My disciple here is going to tear you apart!"
"Wise move," Goten said nodding in agreement. "You're not as strong as you used to be, so let your pupil handle this one. Where is he?" he asked dumbly while looking around the crowd. "I hope he's well trained 'cause this guy is huge!"
Hercule gave Goten a sly wink and in that split second the young saiyan suddenly understood who the 'disciple' was. "WHAT?!" he exclaimed in astonishment. "You mean ME!?"
Hercule stupidly nodded then drew Goten aside. "Look Goten this guy is nuts!" he hissed loudly in his ear. "He's already blown up half of downtown; you can handle him can't you?" he begged. "Pretty please?"
"Listen Hercule," Goten said firmly. "First of all you didn't teach me, my dad did. Secondly, I'm busy right now; I'm on a big date!" Goten suddenly broke off in sudden panic as he saw Valise standing right in front of the large man.
The large man stared down at the young girl and quietly asked her a question.
"Valise no!" Goten yelled in terror. Without thinking, the young teen flew at the man and kicked him across the road into a store window. "Are you ok!?" he asked Valise worriedly.
Seeing Goten's display of strength the crowd cheered with praise, while Hercule stood their completely dumbfounded. But with a quick shake of the head the 'champion' regained his composure and bellowed, "That's my boy!" This caused the crowd to burst into applause
"Valise," Goten asked his date ignoring the crowd. "Are you ok? Did that guy say anything improper?"
"No," Valise said slowly. "Oh wait a second… he DID ask me where I could find the saiyans," she suddenly smiled cheerfully. "I don't know what saiyans are, so I told him to try the specialty shop they have all kinds of cool stuff there."
Hearing what Valise had said about the guy wanting to find saiyans, Goten became very uneasy. "Who IS this guy?' he thought to himself. 'How does he know about us? There's something disturbing about all this." The demi saiyan was quickly brought out of his thoughts as he dodged by another man who suddenly tried to attack him. This man had short green hair and was wearing a red shirt with blue pants and fingerless gloves, like the crazed business man before him THIS man's eyes were glowing blood red and had the same look of hatred in his eyes.
"I see," he said calmly sizing his new opponent up. "So you're with that other fellow." As Goten finished saying this ANOTHER civilian was going to attack Goten. A man with glasses, black hair and wearing a blue business suit, with white shirt and neck tie charged straight at him. "Man what's with these guys?" Goten asked himself as he stood in front of Valise ready to protect her. "They're nuts!" The two men surrounded Goten and Valise then charged forward. Without thinking, Goten quickly, but gently picked Valise up in his arms. "Sorry Valise," he said hurriedly. "Hang tight!" with that said the young demi saiyan threw Valise gently into the air above him giving him time to knock out his two opponents. "Fancy meeting you here," Goten said with a laugh as he caught Valise before she hit the ground. "Are you ok?"
"Oh my I've got goose bumps all over," Valise replied excitedly. "In my whole life you're the first boy to ever hold me."
"Oh…" Goten said with an embarrassed blush. "I hope I didn't offend you." While this was going on, the police arrived to take away the three attackers Goten had knocked out that Hercule had now tied up.
"Well boys," Hercule laughed to the three men. "I sure hope you learned you lesson."
"Boy oh boy," Goten smiled to Valise. "That Hercule sure knows how to get a crowd going. By the way," he added as they both started walking away from the crowd. "Did you know my older brother is married to his daughter?"
"Really?" Valise said in amazement.
"Uh huh," Goten nodded in confirmation. "My brother Gohan," Goten suddenly stopped walking and frowned. "Wait," he said warningly to Valise. "I'm getting a bad feeling."
"What is it Goten?" Valise asked in confusion.
"I'm not sure…" Goten replied and then fell to the ground as ANOTHER man came charging forward out of the crowd and punched Goten right in the face making him crash down onto the pavement.
"Goten no!" Valise cried out worriedly.
The new man that had attacked Goten had dark blonde hair and was wearing a long sleeve gray shirt, a black sleeveless jacket, green pants and a pair of broken sunglasses. This man ALSO had the same hated expression as the other three men had when they attacked Goten earlier.
"You caught me off guard for a second there," Goten said while slowly getting up. Suddenly the young demi-saiyan fell down to one knee feeling eerily strange. "Whoa…" he said weakly. "What's happening…?"
At the sight of Goten's weaken state the man gave a sudden maniacal laugh, as he laughed, the man was engulfed in a green glow that caused the watching crowd to run away in fear leaving the terrified Hercule on his own. The glowing man fell to his knees and out of his body rose the terrifying form of Baby!
"You there," Baby said as he looked across at Goten. "You're a saiyan aren't you?"
"Maybe," Goten said not taking his eyes off Baby for a split second. "But what business is that of yours?"
Seeing Baby come out from the man that had housed him was too much for Valise, fainted dead away but luckily Hercule caught her before she hit the ground.
"Yes," Baby said evilly. "I sense it now; your energy is similar to that of Goku."
"What?!" Goten exclaimed in amazement. "How do you know my father?!"
"Well there's a twist," Baby said mockingly to Goten. "He's a boy and yet he's your father. Yes…very strange, but hey I'm not your average guy either. Let me be blunt," Baby went on leaving his host body unconscious on the ground. "I'm here to confiscate your, body sound good? I'd like to use it so I can defeat your father," he added evilly.
"Hercule," Goten said over his shoulder. "This guy is stronger than anyone we've ever faced before, do me a favor and take Valise to a safe place ok?"
Hercule didn't need telling twice, he took off with Valise in his arms while Baby just laughed at some private joke.
"Hey what's so funny?" Goten asked calmly. "I must've missed something."
Still laughing Baby powered himself up a little causing half of the surrounding city buildings to fall and collapse to the ground. Goten flew up into the air to avoid being crushed, unfortunaly he lost sight of Baby in all the smoke and rubble.
"This is terrible!" Goten yelled as he inspected the damage done to the city. "How dare you!" he yelled to a smirking Baby as he suddenly turned up in front of him. "I don't know who you think you are, but this type of behavior isn't going to fly! If you don't have the respect for the life on this planet then I'm going to have to teach it to you!"
Baby said nothing, he just continued to smirk evilly waiting for Goten to make a move on him.
"Ok so you're tough." Goten said carelessly to his opponent. "But I'd hardly call you a 'great' fighter."
"What?!" Baby yelled angrily deeply stung that a SAIYAN of all people should insult him like that.
Goten was about to say something when much to his embarrassment his cell phone rang. The young demi-saiyan quickly answered it and to his surprise he heard Valise's voice was on the receiving end! "Goten you're not hurt are you?" she asked him worriedly.
"Oh Valise it's you," Goten smiled as he floated in the air and leaned back in a sitting position. "No I'm fine; I haven't even broken a sweat yet."
As Goten continued to ignore him, Baby growled angrily to himself. This saiyan boy was REALLY ticking him off! How dare he mock him like this! He needed to be taught a severe lesson! With that thought in mind Baby powered up and charged forward.
"Goten!" Valise yelled out warningly from the ground. "Look out; he's coming right for you!"
Hearing this, Goten quickly threw his phone in the air and flew out of the way. After this there followed a quick deadly game of chase as Goten continued to dodge the furious Baby's moves. When Baby tried to attack again Goten quickly flew forward and punched the angry mutant right into the face. He then flew after him and gave Baby a massive kick in the stomach which caused the mutant to crash into the city like a falling brick.
"Now that's embarrassing," Goten said to himself. "You know you should really learn to back up your mouth," the demi-saiyan called out after Baby as he caught his returning cell phone just in time to hear Valise compliment him on his fight.
"That was so awesome!" she squealed in happy delight. "I never expected that from you."
"It runs in the family," Goten replied with a smile. "You know; the whole idea of protecting the innocent."
Hercule, who had been watching the fight along side Valise gave a cry of "YEAH Goten! That's my boy! Spoken like a true champ!"
Suddenly Baby fired off several sharp red energy blasts, one of which cut into Goten's skin near his right shoulder.
"Goten did he get you?" Valise asked worriedly. Even from where she was standing the young girl could just barely see the sharp cut in Goten's arm.
"Oh no," Goten replied back with forced cheerfulness. "It's just a scratch. Nothing to worry about, I'll talk to you in a bit ok?" Goten hung up his phone and started searched around the rubble for Baby. "Now THAT was embarrassing!" he called out to his hidden opponent. "You'll pay for that!" So saying the young saiyan gave a yelled and then transformed into a super saiyan.
From his hiding place in the rubble, Baby watched Goten's transformation into a super saiyan with evil anticipation. "Yes," he said smiling eagerly to himself. "That's exactly what I'm looking for, the PEAK of your saiyan power."
"Wow, what's happening to him?" Valise said in wonderment to Hercule as she saw Goten in his super saiyan form for the first time ever. "He looks like a beautiful angel," she said with stars in her eyes and a light blush on her cheeks. "I think I'm in love…" she sighed happily.
Once powered up Goten began firing energy blasts in all directions at the rubble Baby was buried in. After a little while the demi-saiyan stopped his attack, the rubble was now nothing more than a giant crater in the middle of the city.
"And that's that," Goten said proudly to himself thinking he had won.
"Is that the highest your puny saiyan powers can reach?" Baby mockingly asked Goten as he appeared some way behind him completely unharmed by his attack.
Seeing Baby alive and unharmed Goten got himself ready to fired a Kamehameha blast at the smiling mutant.
'That's it,' Baby thought to himself as he stood in the air smirking while he watched Goten power up his attack. 'Just release this ONE blast of energy and your physical power will triple and it will give me the chance to transfer into your body!'
Just then Goten fired his Kamehameha blast at Baby sending him flying into the air. However the attack didn't even FAZE the mutant, let alone hurt him! He just simply dissolved into a liquid entity and went flying down THROUGH the energy blast and entered into Goten's body from the cut on his arm.
'This energy feels so rich!' Baby thought excitedly to himself as he took control of Goten's body. 'Finally the saiyan power I've been aching for is mine! I may have failed with Trunks, but today I've grasped my destiny!" With this triumphant thought in his mind, Baby gave an excited yell, powered up and with Goten's energy destroyed the entire city within seconds. Thankfully Valise and Hercule were unhurt as they were on the city's very outskirts.
"Wow," Hercule said slowly to Valise clutching her for dear life. "That was cool, did you see what happened?"
"Goten you're ok!" Valise said in delight as she saw her date emerge from the rubble and casually walk over to her and Hercule completely unharmed.
"Uh, anyone see where that baby doll looking freak went to?" Hercule nervously asked Goten as he held on to Valise.
"This is the best date ever!" Valise smiled ignoring this comment.
The possessed Goten glared towards Hercule's direction, and the 'champ' quickly moved away from Valise afraid he would get the wrong idea.
"Obviously you're a strong enough man," Valise said to Goten as she walked up to her date and carefully started wrapping a pink handkerchief around the wound on his arm. "We don't have to call off our date because of a tiny little scratch like this. There you go," she said happily as she finished covering Goten's wound. "What do you say we get something to eat now?"
Because he was under Baby's control, Goten just looked at Valise unimpressed by her kindness. He then he took off the handkerchief Valise had tied to his arm, and tossed it rudely on the girl's head as he walked past her.
'This is amazing,' Baby thought excitedly to himself. "Through the eyes of Goten, I can see everything in this world so clearly. Ah!' he said as he searched through Goten's memories. 'There are saiyans in West City, but more importantly…who is the strongest of them all?"
"Vegeta…" the possessed Goten muttered under his breath.
"Yeah," Hercule said cheerfully to the young demi saiyan as he walked over to thank him for 'saving' the day. "That was one heck of a job Goten!" The controlled Goten spun around grabbing Hercule by his shirt and lifted him off clear off the ground. "Hey!" Hercule stuttered. "If you're mad at me for holding onto your girl I wasn't hitting on her, I was just hiding behind her because I was…you know scared.
Deeply annoyed by the 'champ's' rambling the controlled Goten threw him to the ground, turned and flew off without another word.
"Wait," Valise called out after her departing date. "Where are you going? What about me?!"
"He doesn't seem like himself," Hercule said to her worriedly.
"Of course not," Valise replied happily reasoning things out in her own way. "Now he's mysterious. He must feel like he has a great weight on his soul because he had to destroy another living creature."
--
Meanwhile back at Capsule Corp, Chi-Chi was pacing around Bulma's living room waiting for her son to come back from his date.
"He's late," Chi-Chi said glancing at a whole lot of clocks on a near by table. "Too late!
"Relax Chi-Chi," Bulma said calmly as she read a book. "He's just on a date isn't he?"
"Yeah," Chi-Chi replied sitting at the table resting her chin on the surface. "But Goten's date prances around like she's so innocent. I'm not stupid; I know what kind of girl that is."
"Goten is an adult now," Bulma said as her phone started to ring. "Maybe you should let him be one. Bulma speaking," she said answering the phone. "A visitor in the lobby?" she said into the receiver. "Ok we'll send someone right down. Chi-Chi…" she began then noticed that Chi-Chi had left the room. "Now where did she run off to so fast?" she wondered to herself.
At that very moment Chi-Chi was running down the steps of Capsule Corp thinking that Goten had finally returned from his date. As she ran Chi-Chi was screaming Goten's name like a locomotive train all ready to leave the station. However as she reached the Capsule Corp lobby Chi-Chi saw that it was just Gohan and Videl dropping in for a visit. Happy to she her other son and daughter in law Chi-Chi made a desperate attempt to stop herself but only succeeded in crashing into a pile of nearby pot plants.
"Uh…mother?" Gohan said slowly not sure what to say at what just happened.
"Oh it's just you Gohan…" Chi-Chi said weakly attempting to pick herself up.
--
"Hello Bulma," Gohan cheerfully greeted the Capsule Corp president as he arrived in the living room with Videl who was holding the dazed Chi-Chi.
"Well look who stopped by for a visit," Bulma smiled.
"My Dad called me not too long ago," Videl said as she helped Chi-Chi into a chair.
"Yeah," Gohan said worriedly. "Apparently there was some kind of a fight in West City, and it appears that Goten got dragged into it somehow."
"WHAT?!" Chi-Chi cried in distress. "Did somebody hurt my Goten?!"
"It was just a scratch," Videl informed her soothingly.
"Gohan!" Chi-Chi snapped to her son. "I want you to do go down there and bring your brother back right now! I swear I warned him about going out with that girl!"
"Hey don't get so worked up," Gohan said firmly to his mother trying to calm her down. "I'm sure Goten will call you when he can," he then turned to Bulma. "So which room can I drop my things in?"
"You go ahead and pick which ever room you like best," Bulma said smiling.
"Doesn't ANYONE care about my son!?" Chi-Chi yelled and then fell over holding her head as the door suddenly flew open to reveal Goten on the other side.
"Are you alright?" Bulma asked Chi-Chi as she staggered away from the door holding her head in pain.
"Uh-Huh," Chi-Chi nodded then turned back to Goten relieved that he was safe and sound. "Your home!" she said hugging her son in happy delight. "I'm so glad you're ok!"
'This must be the one he calls mother,' Baby thought to himself as he inspected Chi-Chi and everyone else from Goten's eyes.
"So you did get hurt out there!" Chi-Chi said as she suddenly noticed the cut on Goten's arm.
"Get away from me!" Goten replied rudely pushing Chi-Chi away from him.
Chi-Chi, Videl and Bulma were shocked by this sudden change in her Goten's behavior and for a moment they were temporarily silent.
"Vegeta," Goten demanded harshly. "Tell me where Vegeta is."
Hearing her son act and speak so rudely, Chi-Chi slapped him hard on the face causing the boy to crash into a night stand knocking everything off it.
'So the mother is a fighter too,' Baby thought to himself rubbing his sore cheek.
"How DARE you walk in here and act like that!" Chi-Chi scolded her possessed son. "You show some respect! Do you hear me?!"
"What an overwhelming personality," Baby thought to himself looking at Chi-Chi in amazement. "She may be physically weaker than all the others, but in Goten's mind she is more important than anything. Perhaps her powers are hidden deep inside her."
"Are you listening to me!?" he heard Chi-Chi yell at him. "You answer me when I'm talking to you!"
"Perhaps it is best for me to abide by the customs of this planet until I find Vegeta," Baby thought as he got to his feet. "So where is Vegeta?" he asked as he tried again. "Tell me now." he demanded.
Baby still didn't get the answer he wanted; the only result he DID get was another slap in the face again. "What is WRONG with you?!" Chi-Chi yelled as she continuously slapped her possessed son across the face. "Didn't I teach you any manners!?"
Baby, who was getting REAL frustrated at being slapped by such an annoying woman decided to try a new approach. "Will someone PLEASE tell me where Vegeta is!?" he blurted out furiously.
"Well…" Bulma said slowly. "You know Vegeta, he runs off all the time without telling anyone where he's going. Why don't you wait around for him to show up?" she suggested.
'Oh that's just PERFECT!' Baby thought in deep annoyance.
"Goten your back," Gohan called out to his brother as he came into the living room. "How did it go?"
Seeing Gohan, Baby became more intrigued than ever. 'Who is this?' he wondered to himself. 'I sense more power in him than in Goten! Perhaps I should transfer myself over to his body so I can better acquire Vegeta."
"What's wrong?" Gohan asked worriedly when he got no reply. "Did your date not go well as you wanted it to?"
The answer Gohan got to this question was a hard punch to the stomach which knocked his glasses clean off his face.
"What did you do that for?!" Gohan asked severely winded by the unexpected blow.
"Well," Goten answered mockingly. "You're the one who walked in and started making fun of me. Can't you take it?"
"I can take it," Gohan replied getting his breathe back. "Even though you're acting like a baby," he added sternly.
"SHUT UP!" Goten yelled angrily.
"You two are together for five seconds and your fighting again!" Chi-Chi yelled as she watched her boys rough house each other. "Can't my house have some peace and quiet for once? Take it outside!" She yelled walking away in disgust.
"Fine," Gohan said taking his blue business coat off. "Let's go then."
"I'm ready when you are," Goten replied with a smirk.
"I hope they don't hurt each other," Bulma said worriedly to herself while watching everything unfold in front of her.
"This kind of sibling rivalry just proves their love for each other," Chi-Chi smiled confidently.
"Gohan are you sure your brother is ok?" Videl asked as she picked up her husband's glasses off the floor.
"He gets like this," Gohan answered. "Would you mind holding this for me?" He asked handing Videl his coat. "I won't be gone too long."
"I'll be waiting," Videl replied quietly watching her husband leave.
--
Gohan and Goten flew to a deserted mountain area faraway from any civilians where it would be much easier to fight each other.
"My mother can over react sometimes which is why I didn't say anything earlier," he said to his opponent. "So what have you done with my brother?"
"You saiyans are perceptive little snots aren't you?!" Goten replied still smirking but it was now obvious that Baby's anger and rage were starting to come through.
Having full control over Goten's body, Baby used all of Goten's strength to its fullest potential. He made Goten transform into a super saiyan and then blasted Gohan with a powerful energy blast making sure not to kill him in the process.
"Tell me who you are!" Gohan demanded as he stood up his shirt all torn and burnt away from Goten's attack.
'This Gohan has the kind of body that can stand up to brutal attacks,' Baby thought as he viciously smirked at Gohan. 'That is the exact kind of vessel I need.'
Gohan watched as Baby charged forward towards him in Goten's body. "I can't stay here and fight this guy," he quickly thought to himself. "That's Goten's body, but some kind of being has gotten inside of him and possessed him.So if I attack him and win, I'll be killing my own brother."
Using Goten's body like a puppet on strings, Baby fired off two red energy blasts towards Gohan who managed to easily dodge them. Gohan then grabbed Goten's leg as his possessed brother suddenly appeared in front of him and tried to kick him. Gohan then flipped Goten and threw him back into the rocky ground.
"Wow…" Gohan said quietly amazed by his own success. "I did it."
However the fight was far from over. Goten suddenly appeared above Gohan grabbed him in a choke hold and dragged him off into a frenzy of energy blasts.
"There's something different about this saiyan," Baby thought worriedly to himself. "Does he know somehow that I wait for the moment until they power up before I make my move? Is that why he's waiting to attack!?'
"I have to stop this!" Gohan thought desperately to himself. "But how do I save Goten?"
"Or is he simply a coward?" Baby continued to wonder to himself.
Finally Gohan managed to break free of his brother's grip, once out of harm's way he started gasping for air. "I can't fight him like this," he panted wearily to himself. "I have to think of something…"
"He's dead set on hiding that saiyan powers of his until I drag it out," Baby thought to himself as he watched Gohan. "Which is precisely what I intend to do!"
"Come on Gohan," Goten called mockingly to his brother as he started to power himself up even further. "You need to show me what a TRUE saiyan warrior is capable of!"
"No!" Gohan yelled in horror. "Goten! Stop it! He'll kill us all!"
But Goten was far too deep under Baby's control to listen to his brother's warning and kept powering up.
"Goten! Listen to me!" Gohan pleaded to his possessed sibling. "He'll destroy us all if you don't stop!" When he could see he was not getting through to Goten, Gohan couldn't take it any longer. He transformed himself into a super saiyan giving Baby exactly what he wanted.
"Finally!" Goten said hungrily. "The power I've been waiting for!" With that said Baby exited Goten's body and quickly entered the unprepared Gohan's body.
"Now THIS is what I come to expect on saiyan power!" Baby thought to himself once he established control of Gohan. "This is the kind of ability of control I need!"
Just then a special beam canon attack was fired at Baby/Gohan. It was Piccolo, who had the now unconscious Goten in his arms. "You're a parasite!" Piccolo yelled angrily to the possessed Gohan. "You lived off my friend's body long enough! Now Show yourself!"
"The Namekian Piccolo," Gohan said now totally under Baby's control. "You're one of the strongest fighters in the galaxy. I say you're the perfect candidate on which I can try out my new skills. What do you say?" he asked with an evil smirk.
"Fine!" Piccolo yelled accepting Baby's challenge.
Baby prepared himself to use Gohan's Kamehameha attack on Piccolo. It was obvious that the Namekian was no match for Baby inside Gohan's body. He couldn't even defend himself once the attack was fired because he was still holding Goten.
"Thisis becoming quite ridiculously easy," Baby thought to himself. "Two saiyans and one Namekian down by me in a whole day Now, all I have to do is find the one and only Vegeta. THAT is where the TRUE power is!"
--
Sometime later in the evening on that very same day, Vegeta was driving Bra and Sho home in his car after a long day of shopping. Now Vegeta HATED shopping, the only reason he had accompanied his daughter on her shopping trip in the first place, was to keep an eye on Sho and make sure he didn't try any moves on his 'little girl.'
"Even though it's been a while since you took me shopping," Bra said happily to her father indicating all the shopping bags in the back seat. "We made quite a haul today."
"Don't you mean YOU made quite a haul and I ended up paying for everything," Vegeta replied sulkily his eyes firmly on the road.
"Yeah," Bra admitted. "But that's what dad's are for," she went on happily.
"You're just like your mother," Vegeta muttered.
Just then Bra noticed a razor with a small packet of shaving cream in Vegeta's pocket. "So…" she said with a smile as she took the items out of his pocket to show him and Sho. "You finally decided to take my advice and shave, good."
Vegeta glared at Bra with a light blush and said nothing, suddenly he noticed two boys in a car in his rear view mirror. As they drove by they happened to notice Bra.
"Hey hot stuff you're looking good," one of the boys sitting close to Bra's side of Vegeta's car said cheerfully.
"Thanks," Bra replied back with a smile. "It's a new outfit."
"How about you and your outfit ditch that wimp in the back seat and that old geezer driving and come with us?" the other boy asked.
Hearing this Sho became a little jealous and angry, especially being called a wimp.
Vegeta however was OUTRAGED, he reached across and removed the steering wheel off of the boy's car which caused them to skid off the road and into a nearby river.
"Sorry fellas!" Bra called back to the dazed boys as they tried to swim out of the river. "I already have a boyfriend and my dad gets a bit of a temper when he has to take me shopping, but he knew you were kidding about the geezer comment!"
"Do you really think of me as your boyfriend?" Sho asked Bra in amazement.
"Of course I do silly!" Bra answered giving him a hug. "Even though Dad doesn't approve of you yet, you're the best boyfriend I've ever had!"
"Uh Bra…" Sho said blushing lightly. "I'm the only boyfriend you've ever had," he pointed out nervously.
"Oh yeah, you are!" Bra smiled and hugged Sho again causing him to blush crimson.
"Teenagers…." Vegeta muttered to himself as and rolled his eyes.
--
Back at Capsule Corp, Chi-Chi, Videl, and Bulma were huddled over an unconscious Goten, who had been brought back by the Baby possessed Gohan after he had dealt with Piccolo. To lull everyone's suspicions Baby decided to bring back his former host to create a diversion to draw attention AWAY from him. So far the diversion was working, due to Baby's possession of Goten's body and the fight he had just had under the mutant's control Goten had caught a fever.
"Goten, can you hear me?" Chi-Chi asked her son worriedly.
"He's got quite a fever." Bulma said grimly.
"What happened?" Chi-Chi wondered still worried. "He's never been sick before, he's never even had a cold."
While this was going on Baby was busy tracking down Vegeta through Gohan's bodily senses. Once he was able to sense the saiyan prince was nearby he stood up from his chair causing it to fall over.
"Gohan, where are you going?" Chi-Chi asked her son curiously.
"Out." Gohan answered back rudely.
"But we don't know what's wrong with your brother!" Chi-Chi told her son worried.
"She's right," Videl said coming to Chi-Chi's defense. "We need you to get a doctor; we need you to help out your little brother."
"And then he'll be all better," Chi-Chi said trying to lighten up the mood. "And then we can all go out to dinner."
Gohan said nothing, he just started to walk out of the room without even turning around.
"Gohan," Videl said sternly to her husband putting a restraining hand on his shoulder. "You've been acting strange ever since you came back, what's your problem?"
"Let GO!" Gohan roared furiously releasing some of his energy causing all the lights on the ceiling to shatter into pieces. Then without another word, the possessed saiyan opened the door and left leaving the three mothers looking after him in shocked astonishment.
Seeing her son act like the way he did was too much for Chi-Chi, she fell to the floor and broke down into tears. "Every time my husband is away from home, the kids start thinking for themselves and think they can take care of everything!!" she sobbed. "Goku!" she wailed to the ceiling. "What is taking you so long!?"
--
"Mom is going to be SO surprised when she finds out that you took me and Sho shopping," Bra said happily to her father. "I might have to put on a fashion show to show her all my new clothes!"
Vegeta suddenly frowned and brought the car to an abrupt halt.
"Ow!" Bra yelled rubbing her sore head she had hurt by the sudden stop. "Dad what do you think you're doing?!"
"Yeah Vegeta," Sho said angrily sitting in the middle of all of Bra's shopping bags. "Some of us aren't sitting properly you know."
Vegeta ignored the two teens, he was busy staring at Gohan who had appeared in the middle of the road blocking their route.
"Hey it's Gohan," Sho said in amazement.
"What's he doing here?" Bra wondered quietly.
Gohan moved closer to Vegeta's car and then transformed himself into a super saiyan.
"Something about Gohan doesn't seem right," Bra said worriedly to her father and Sho. "It's almost as if he's here to fight someone."
"I think he is," Vegeta said to her grimly.
Under Baby's control, Gohan fired a Kamehameha blast towards the car blowing it to bits. However Vegeta, Bra, Sho, and all of Bra's shopping bags were unharmed as the three travelers jumped clear at the last moment. When the smoke cleared from his attack, the possessed Gohan saw Vegeta slowly descend to the ground followed by Sho who carrying Bra in one arm and her shopping in the other.
"Just as I was hoping for," Baby thought to himself in delight. "Vegeta slipped by one of Gohan's attacks like it was nothing. It would explain how that girl and her boyfriend managed to survive too, he helped them.'
"So," Vegeta said slowly to Gohan. "Who are you?"
"Can't you tell Dad?" Bra said to her father as Sho put her and the shopping bags down. "It's Gohan; you can spot him by his nerdy clothes. But he forgot his glasses which probably explains why he nearly destroyed all my new stuff!" she added furiously.
"Gohan have you gone crazy?" Sho called out to his step - uncle. "You got Bra mad at you, and the last thing you want on your case is a girl like her who's shopping you almost destroyed!"
There was no reply to this warning, Gohan just stood in the middle of the road glaring daggers at the three travelers.
"Gohan what is your problem?" Bra snapped to the silent saiyan. "All you're doing is standing there like a silent idiot! Normally when nice people do bad things they normally apologize."
"That girl must be Vegeta's daughter," Baby thought to himself. "It would explain her annoying attitude!"
Vegeta, who had been silently watching Gohan the whole time while Bra and Sho had been talking to him, suddenly sprang into life. He grabbed the two teens by the arm and threw them both clear over his head where they landed in what was left of his car. Or rather Sho landed in the car first and he was quickly followed by Bra who landed on his lap causing him to blush crimson.
"OW!" Bra moaned rubbing her sore arm where Vegeta had grabbed her so roughly. "Dad," she yelled to her father in disbelief. "Are you trying to kill us?"
"Sho," Vegeta urgently ordered the blushing teen boy, totally ignoring Bra's complaints. "Take my daughter home with you NOW!"
"Huh?" Sho said in puzzlement.
"Do it now Sho," Vegeta said firmly. "I have some business I need to handle."
"But dad," Bra protested. "What about you?"
"I'll be fine," Vegeta said without turning around. "Now stop arguing and go home!"
"Come on Bra," Sho said worriedly to his girlfriend. "Let's get out of here; it seems to me that Vegeta means what he says."
"Fine!" Bra said gathering up her bags. "But he'd better apologize for almost wrecking all my stuff later on." She went on as Sho picked the young girl up and flew her to safety.
"Finally!"Baby thought to himself as Sho and Bra left. "The MIGHESTIEST warrior here!"
Once Vegeta was sure that Sho had gotten his daughter away from danger he turned his full attention to Baby possessed Gohan.
"Now," he said to the mutant sternly. "Where's Gohan? I know you're not him, he's much faster than you are."
"Well," Gohan said evilly to Vegeta. "It's sad to see you forget so much in such a short time. But," he went on matter of factly. "It just goes to show you that no matter how much a monkey evolves it's still a monkey! Tell me Vegeta," Gohan said closing his eyes briefly. "How is…your father?"
"WHAT?" Vegeta said sharply at this unexpected mention of his late father.
"You're a fool Vegeta," Gohan spat hatefully his voice slowly changing into Baby's as he began to float into the air. "Just like your daddy, it's so predictable of you…VEGETA!"
Hearing Baby's voice Vegeta could help but give an amused chuckle. "Finally," he laughed. "One of the Tuffles returns! You know," he said smiling mockingly up at Baby. "You almost had me concerned…almost….but not quite."
"So you FINALLY get it hey, monkey boy?" Baby said evilly. "Yes I'm a proud Tuffle! And now I can FINALLY take revenge on you worthless Saiyans!" Baby powered up a HUGE blast and fired it at the proud saiyan prince.
--
Meanwhile back at Capsule Corp, Goten suddenly woke up to find himself on Bulma's living room couch and his mother standing over him in delight.
"Goten thank goodness!" Chi-Chi said in relief as the young saiyan sat up. "You really had me worried."
"Where's Valise?" Goten asked his mother urgently. "The last thing I remember I was on a date with Valise and there was this guy. He had this weird voice and he was telling me to fight for him."
"You had a really high fever dear," Chi-Chi said soothingly to Goten putting her hands on his shoulders. "But you're doing much better now," and with that she gave Goten a happy hug.
"Mom," Goten blushed. "That hurts, could I get a glass of ice water?" He asked politely. "I'm really thirsty."
"Whatever you want dear," Chi-Chi said ending her hug. "Anything else?" she asked eagerly.
"Maybe just not so much on the hugging," Goten said over his shoulder as he got up and walked into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen Goten went to the sink and got himself a glass of water which he drank thirstily. However, as Goten finished his drink he suddenly felt very strange which caused him to drop his glass and it shattered to pieces on the floor. Suddenly Goten gave an evil grin as his eyes suddenly turned a terrible blood red color again.
Chi-Chi, who had heard Goten's glass break, came into the kitchen and saw her son leaning over the sink as if in pain. "Goten?" She asked her son worriedly. "Are you alright?"
"Oh I'm fine," Goten said suddenly straightening up. "I'm just going out now."
"What are you talking about?" Chi-Chi said in astonishment. "You're in no shape to be running around, you need some rest."
"I'm leaving." Goten said heading for the door.
"Wait a minute," Chi-Chi called after him. "You can't just go! You need to rest!" She cried grabbing his arm.
"Back OFF!" Goten snapped shaking Chi-Chi off his arm. Then without another word the young saiyan took off into the sky.
"Nooo!" Chi-Chi wailed to herself. "Why are all my children turning into such delinquents?!"
--
Meanwhile back on the road Baby and Vegeta's battle was raging on. Thanks to Gohan's memories, Baby had access to the saiyan's battle techniques so he could easily match Vegeta in their fight. So far Baby was having the time of his life beating the daylights out of Vegeta, and he hadn't even became a super saiyan yet!
"Oh how long have I waited for this day Vegeta!" Baby called to his beaten up opponent. "At last I have a chance to avenge my Tuffle ancestors by stealing your body!"
Suddenly Baby came to a stop as Vegeta turned himself into a super saiyan and fired a blast off at him. "Enough games!" he yelled impatiently. "You're nothing but a LOSER like your ancestors! My father threw your people out for one reason, because they were unworthy!"
"Ha!" Baby laughed scornfully. "Your monkey brain really doesn't understand it does it Vegeta? Our fight isn't a question of what you THINK; it's a simple matter of the MATH! You're outnumbered Vegeta!"
"Just because you're in a saiyan body," Vegeta said floating up into the air to face Baby. "Doesn't mean I'm out numbered."
"True," Baby admitted. "But that means to kill ONE you must kill the other. What a predicament," he said in mock concern. "If you raise your power high enough to rid the world of evil, you kill your saiyan friend's son!"
"And what makes you think I have a problem with that?" Vegeta asked carelessly as he released a sudden energy blast.
Quick as lightening Baby released an attack of his own, which hit Vegeta's blast head on causing a huge explosion and knocking over some nearby wind generators. Then the two opponents started fighting like mad, they flew around the wind generators like crazy shooting blasts at each other just barely managing to dodge. The fight suddenly came to an abrupt halt at a dam when the two enemies released a HUGE energy blast that almost ended up destroying them both.
"THAT'S IT!" Baby said mockingly as he gasped for air. "That's just like you Vegeta! Always raising your power every step, never ever wanting to be equal!"
"Tell me," Vegeta called to Baby as he landed on top of the dam. "Just how do you intend to finish me off? You've done such a great job beating me down," he said jokingly as he got ready to fire a blast at the smiling Tuffle.
Baby just laughed at some private joke as Goten suddenly turned up out of nowhere. "Hey Vegeta," the young demi saiyan called to the saiyan prince. "I've come to the rescue."
"Don't butt in brat," Vegeta said impatiently to Goten without taking his eyes off Baby for a second. "This is my fight, do you hear me?"
"Whoa," Goten said landing next to Vegeta. "You're in a bad mood today aren't you? Wait a minute," he said as he noticed Vegeta was aiming an energy blast at the Baby possessed Gohan. "You're not seriously gonna blast my brother are you?"
"We're brothers are we?" Baby said smiling evilly at Goten. "That sounds about right."
"Fly away boy!" Vegeta ordered Goten as he powered down his blast.
"Oh so that's how its gonna be?" Goten said suddenly smiling evilly and blasted Vegeta from behind. However the saiyan prince suddenly spun around and smacked the blast away, but not before the attack left a small cut on his cheek.
"I SAID I was coming to the rescue," Goten said mockingly to Vegeta. "Sorry if you thought I meant YOURS!"
"Nice job little Goten," Baby laughed.
"Thank you," the young demi saiyan bowed.
"Oh Goten," Vegeta cried in sudden realization. "Not you too!"
As the controlled Goten flew down to join his Baby possessed brother, Vegeta flew out of the way as they BOTH fired energy blasts at him. Soon the saiyan prince found himself fighting TWO opponents rather than one. What was worse he couldn't risk hurting them and because of this he received a LOT more cuts all over his body as he fought them. Frustrated by this thought, Vegeta powered up even more and once he was at full power Baby seized his chance! As Goten and Gohan were thrown clear by Vegeta's final powerful power up, Baby jumped from Gohan's body and entered into Vegeta's body through all the cuts on his arms and cheeks before he powered himself down.
"HA!" Vegeta said in triumph looking at the unconscious Gohan and Goten thinking HE had won the fight. "You were saying something about me being a fool?"
"You ARE a fool Vegeta," Baby's voice called out from nowhere.
"Huh?!" Vegeta said looking around widely for Baby. "Where are you? Show yourself you filthy coward!"
"I'm everywhere you are now," Baby laughed. "INSIDE of you!"
"You're WHERE?!" Vegeta cried out in horror.
"You heard me," Baby said triumphantly. "You could call me a parasite, but I'm FAR more complicated than that. You see," Baby went on enjoying his victory. "I now CONTROL you, you're my PUPPET! In fact you became a Tuffle without ever knowing a thing!"
"You think you can control ME you disgusting…." Vegeta broke off as he suddenly realized he couldn't move a muscle.
"Oh but I DO control you!" Baby said mockingly. "Go ahead…just TRY and move your body! This is destiny!" the mutated Tuffle said in triumph. "This is the revenge the Tuffles have sought from the Saiyans for SO long! My home planet was once a bright, wealthy place, with a thriving population and highly advanced scientific community! It was you evil, barbaric SAIYANS who DESTORYED IT! You burnt through my planets resources like dried wheat! That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't TRY!"
"That's right," Vegeta said ignoring the last comment as he remembered what his father had taught him about the Tuffles when he was just a boy. "The Saiyans kicked you Tuffles off your own planet."
"The unrefined killer instincts of the sayians rose to a deafening pitch as the Tuffles were slain all over their own planet like insects!" Baby went on getting angrier and more worked up as he remembered the terrible past of his people. "And the being responsible for this genocide was none other than your father! 'King' Vegeta! Who, in his greatest moment of arrogance, renamed the planet after himself! Having been pushed out of society," Baby continued. "We took what remaining scientific knowledge we had and used it to create a genetically superior parasitic organism then our King Tuffle combined his own DNA with that of the parasite and scattered his creation across the vast reaches of space! And now," Baby concluded grandly to the struggling Vegeta. "Some of us have returned to extract our revenge!"
"No!" Vegeta roared furiously. "I…WON'T let you….control me!"
"Unfortunately for you Vegeta," Baby said taking full control of the possessed saiyan prince's body over to the recovering Goten. "THAT is no longer an option! For once my cells are in your blood they spread to your brain for better control, right Goten?"
"Right," Goten nodded in confirmation.
"And WHEN my cells reach your brain," Baby went on. "Your body starts to tremble uncontrollably like now! But don't worry," he said as Vegeta fell to his knees in pain. "Soon you'll understand EVERYTHING!"
"You monster!" Vegeta yelled to Baby as he fought to control himself. "I'll…show you…what… a saiyan….can do!"
"Go ahead and try," Goten said as he was joined by the now controlled Gohan.
"Now that I have all the saiyan power I need," Baby went on as Vegeta slowly struggled and changed before the unsurprised eyes of Gohan and Goten. "I will spread myself to EVERY living thing on this planet and when I finish here I move on to the rest of the UNIVERSE! All the while with YOU, your FAMILY and FRIENDS as my helpless slaves!"
The possessed Vegeta suddenly flew up into the air and became a super saiyan again but this time with BABY in control! "Ah! I've WON the fight, my ancestors would be so PROUD! Now the son of the man, who killed my people, will be FOREVER part of me! My plan to make Tuffles out of EVERYONE on this entire planet can FINALLY begin! Oh by the way Vegeta," Baby said thoughtfully to his host. "Because it was YOUR father who pushed my people to THIS, I'll make sure to KILL you when I'm done!"
And he laughed an evil laugh the echoed all around the planet.
Authors's Notes: Here's the next chapter everyone. Yes it's very LONG we know, but it'll be worth it and the next chapter will be up soon