A/N: Thank you for being so patient. My life has been super hectic during this holiday season. I've been writing this story for a very long time. Very soon, we'll have a two year anniversary. Wow! (How many of you reading were there from the beginning I wonder…) But anyway, big things are about to happen. HUGE. Stay tuned.

Q: Will Gohan still play a huge part in Cell Saga?

A: I don't know how big, but it'll be big. Let's just say that like the original Cell Saga, Kakarot will not be able to manage this threat alone.

Q: Will there be another time skip?

A: Yeah, but not super immediately.

Q: Why can't Kara find Cerina?

A: That'll be explained.

Q: When will Kakarot find out about Gohan?

A: Pretty soon.

Chapter 55

"Are we sure we're summoning Shenron?" Colleen asked. She wasn't exactly sure that it was the right call considering that she wasn't sure if her daughter, son, and grand children were safe. "There's no other way to find Cerina and her friends?"

Kakarot slumped his shoulders in shame. "I couldn't track her."

"I couldn't reach out to her," Bardock said. "Kara didn't see her either."

"Is her future blocked like how Broly was blocked?" Colleen asked.

"Kara has told me that I would have daughters…" There was a chance that Kakarot's new daughter could have a different mother, but Kakarot wasn't choosing to believe that. He had faith that Cerina would bear him another child. "I assume that one way or another, we'll get her back. But as far as what's going on right now—"

"I can't see any visions about her present. We can't sense her energy, and I can't connect with her mind. Last I talked to Kara, she couldn't either." 'It seems like a waste to use the dragonballs to teleport us to Cerina, especially when I can teleport myself, but I don't see any other way…' "I'm afraid we might be without options without Shenron. If she's not anywhere close enough for us to sense, we need Shenron to teleport us there or we'll never be able to reach her in time."

"But Gero stole her not too long ago," Colleen said. "They can't be too far."

Kakarot looked sad. "They're far enough…" 'She's alive. I know she is, but how much time does she have now?'

"Then it's settled." Colleen stretched her hands out toward the dragonballs. The last time she used them, she knew it would cost her life. 'I wonder what the consequences would be now.' She threw her hands up to the sky and yelled, "Shenron, we summon you! Come forth and grant our wish!"

The dragonballs began to blink while they hummed their special melody. Then, beams of light shot out from each one and up into the sky bending and wrapping around the dark sky until a dragon could be seen. When the light dimmed, the great and mighty Shenron appeared.

'It's always good to see Shenron…' Bardock smiled. "Let's get to it."


"What's wrong with the sky?" Cassava asked as she looked up. It was like a dark omen with her mother dying in her arms.

"I'm sure Bardock has something to do with it," Cellena said. But the swarm of androids that were once preparing to kill them all were completely still for an uncomfortably long time. And eventually, they all began to fall to the ground. 'Bardock, did you just save us all?' She began to smile.


Raditz was brave enough to approach the androids lying across the streets and began to poke them. They still didn't move at all. He looked into their eyes, but they still seemed to be unresponsive. "What's going on, Kara? Did Kakarot do this?"

Kara closed her eyes and concentrated on her father. "No. Kakarot and Father are about to use the dragon balls. They're not even near the androids!"

"Then how is this happening?"

She searched farther out. Cerina, Fenn, and the rest of the Task Force leaders were still out of her reach. It wasn't her family. There was only one person left, and when she found him, she could hear his gloating. "Prince Vegeta."

"What?!" Raditz didn't know whether or not to be relieved or annoyed.

She began to shutter. She couldn't see what would happen next, but it gave her the creeps. "And that's not necessarily a good thing!"


"Father."

Bardock turned around at the sound of his son's voice. He knew it wasn't Kakarot. He had grown to learn the difference. He could feel it. "Goku?" Bardock was excited to see his son's smiling face, but it was completely the wrong time. He would disappear again after they used the dragonballs. "What are you doing here? Where have you been?"

"He's back?" Kakarot squinted his eyes, but he still couldn't see his doppelganger.

'He still can't see or hear me. Good. I need to talk to Father alone.' "It took me a while to find my way back here, but lately, I've been with Gohan. I've been watching over him. The androids know about his Saiyan lineage. They know where he comes from."

Bardock's eyes widened. "Did you destroy the android?"

"Android?" Kakarot asked. "What are you two talking about?"

"No," Goku ignored Kakarot and addressed his father once more. "I can't transform, so I wouldn't be strong enough to face an android. I teleported Gohan and the others to Master Roshi's. I figured they'd be safe there until this was all over, but I need someone to watch over him."

"We're using the dragon balls," Bardock said. "You'll disappear again."

"I know…" Goku usually would accept the new journey, but he was concerned. "Just promise me you won't forget about him."

"I won't, Goku. I promise."

Kakarot grew impatient and punched his father in the arm to get his attention. "What's going on, Dad?"

'I can't distract him from saving Cerina, but I know him. He'll bother me until I tell him something.' "Chi-Chi and her family were attacked."

"What?!" Kakarot's heart began to race as his worry came on him. 'She wouldn't be strong enough to defend herself.' "Are they okay?"

"Yeah. Goku made sure of it. He's been watching over her."

Kakarot didn't exactly know how to feel about that, but he was annoyed…maybe even a bit jealous. But he was grateful to know that she was still alive. "Well, tell him I said, 'thanks' for doing that."

Goku smiled.

"He can hear you, Kakarot." Bardock grinned. He remembered when Kakarot wouldn't have been on such friendly terms with Goku. "We're using the dragon balls so we can get to Cerina and her friends. We're out of time and we're out of options. Do you know where they are?" he asked Goku.

"No. I'm afraid not. I have looked and I've tried to find Gero a few times. As far as I can tell, he's nowhere on this planet." Goku could see the concern in his own eyes, and he trusted in the love that Kakarot had for his family. Ninjin would be safe in his care and he knew that Gohan would be too. "Make sure you find them. Good luck."

"Why have you summoned me?" Shenron was beginning to grow impatient. "Make your wish."

Colleen began to snicker. "It's your time, Boys."

Bardock began to blush. He knew Goku wouldn't care about the dance, but he didn't need another person watching. "Let's go."

Kakarot was also blushing, but he was going to bulldoze through it so he could find his family. He moved far enough away from his father and outstretched his hands. "I'm ready."

The two of them pointed their hands in the opposite direction of each other and began to move toward one another in the proper form while both blushing like fools. "Fu…sion!" They both grew nervous for that last second, terrified that the other would misstep and make them misshapen or weak. But when their fingers both perfectly collided, they knew they had succeeded. "Ha!"

Colleen shielded her eyes from the bright light that overcame them all. She could feel their powers connecting and joining farther beyond anything she could have ever expected or comprehend. When the light faded, the warrior before her looked no different than Bardock did. He still had his scar, but Kakarot's lighter skin complexion. The only difference was the white pants and the vest.

"Wow!" Goku yelled. "That's some incredible energy!"

Colleen was impressed and rushed toward the smug smiling warrior. "So what are we calling you?"

He crossed his arms and raised his head up in pride of his power. "Kadock."

Colleen was a little startled hearing her son and husband speak out at the same time. 'I'm glad this is only the half hour fusion. I'd never let them permanently fuse together.' "Well, Kadock, take these senzu beans." She took the pouch of beans out of her pocket and placed it in his hands. "We only have a few, but you may need them."

"Well, I certainly won't need them for myself," he boasted. He had a reason to be cocky. He was clearly the most powerful being in the universe.

Colleen was in total awe of what her boys was able to accomplish. Any doubts that she might have had were completely washed away. "Exactly how powerful are you?"

He smirked and closed his eyes. "Well, my psychic abilities are not only intact, but they've also increased exponentially."

Knowing how cocky her husband and son could be, she feared what he might be doing. "Be careful about sensing the future. It can be unpredictable and it's never what Bardock thinks it is."

But Kadock didn't hear her warning. He was already off searching for Cerina across the planet. Interestingly enough, he couldn't find her at all. He searched out further and further. She was alive. She seemed far, but she was hidden. 'I can't teleport to her. I wonder if I can have a vision about her…'

And then in an uncontrollable flash, a storm of visions came one by one.


Cerina was sitting in a chair in what looked to be a medical waiting room. She was clearly upset, but trying to hold in her tears. But eventually, they slipped from her eyes regardless. "This isn't supposed to happen…" she muttered.

Ninjin, who looked a little taller, walked over to his mother and touched her knee. "Mom?"

She closed her eyes and held her head as she broke. "Saiyans are supposed to fight and die honorably in battle. They're not supposed to die like this. Not a virus. Not by a stupid virus."

Ninjin climbed into his mother's lab and hugged her as a comfort. She felt so much grief. It was as if her entire world was falling apart.


Kakarot yelled in pure rage toward his foe and slammed his fist as hard as he could, but his hand landed in the palm of Fenn's hand. "I should have never trusted you!"

"No, you shouldn't have." Fenn smirked with more evil than Kakarot would have ever imagined he would have been able to comprehend. "No matter how close we were, I'm still a Saiyan, and you can't ever trust a Saiyan."

Kakarot was baffled. "What is wrong with you? My mother is going to lose her life and you don't even care!"

"Oh, I care. I knew what the consequences of my actions would be." Fenn couldn't help but laugh at the malevolence he had caused. "You're all playing right into my hands. And though my transgressions have come into light, I will rule over you all very soon." He head-butted Kakarot and he stumbled back.

"You'll never get away with this!"

"Oh, Kakarot, you don't realize the extent of my hostile takeover. I promise you, it won't be long before everyone gets exactly what they deserve."


"YOU!" Cerina grabbed Chi-Chi by the neck and slammed her back into a metal countertop in a kitchen. She was more enraged than she had ever been in her entire life. She wanted to rip Chi-Chi apart piece by piece. "This is your fault!"

"Cerina, please—"

Cerina squeezed her neck tighter to cut off her airflow completely. A little bit more pressure and her windpipe would be completely crushed. "Because of your bastard son, my child is dead! I should destroy you both!" Cerina raised her hand and began to gather enough energy to blow Chi-Chi's head clean off.


"I don't know what I am anymore, Kakarot." Soko was standing with Kakarot in a locker at the Task Force headquarters. She wasn't herself. She wasn't in control. "I need you to promise me that if you need to, you'll destroy me. Cerina doesn't have the spine. Fenn doesn't seem to be himself. You're the only one I can trust to do what's right, Kakarot. You're the only one"


Cerina sat in her bed cradling her new baby girl in her arms. Kakarot sat by her side and rubbed Cerina's back. They were both overcome with such joy. She was only a few minutes old, but she didn't have the discoloration that most babies had and it could have been their imagination, but it looked like the baby had already managed to smile. "Here's our new little girl, Kakarot. Look at how beautiful she is."

She was just as pretty as Colleena, except she was chubbier in the face. Kakarot was already smitten with her. "What are we going to name her?"

She smiled and hesitated, even though she clearly had something in mind. "How about Cellicia?"

"Cellicia?" Kakarot asked a bit intrigued.

"Is it too much like a royal princess?"

"And not the tough type either." He laughed a little bit. "No. It's beautiful like she is."

"Then it's settled." She carefully placed the baby in Kakarot's arms. "This is our little Cellicia."


"Bardock!" Prince Vegeta grabbed a fist full of Bardock's hair and raised his head up from off the ground as he coughed up his own blood. He was an ascended Saiyan, dressed in his royal armor. Most notably, he was wearing his father's medallion—the medallion of the king. "If your son couldn't defeat me, what makes you think that you'll do any better?"

Kakarot was lying with his face in the ground unconscious. He was bloody and bruised from the battle, but there was a gash from the blow on the back of his head.

"After all," Vegeta laughed, "you're weaker than him, and I am immortal."


"I am waiting!" Shenron barked. "Make your wish now!"

Kadock blinked and felt himself come back to the present. His mind was still swirling with information. He had seen too much, and too fast. It was hard to process.

"We've gotta do this now." Colleen looked up to face the dragon. 'It's now or never.' "Shenron! We cannot find Princess Cerina and her friends. We ask that you teleport Kadock to them immediately."

His eyes widened as he remembered his last vision with Prince Vegeta. 'Using the dragonballs is going to have a worse effect than I imagined. Should we even be making this wish? Should they be destroyed right now?'

But it was too late. Shenron's eyes turned bright red. "Your wish has been granted."

Sheron beamed into a radiant light and within seconds, the dragonballs shot up into the sky and scattered across the earth. In one year's time, the dragonballs would become the greatest threat they had ever known.

Kadock caught a glimpse of Goku just as he was fading away.

"Good luck." Goku smiled and waved to his family before he was cast out of their universe once again. "Take care of our family. Bring them home safely."

Kadock felt his body being pulled. It was strange, and different than Instant Transmission. He wasn't in control, and he didn't like it. He looked up into the sky, and then there were hundreds of stars that he whizzed by, faster than his mind could comprehend. In seconds, he was staring up at a night sky brightly lit with three beautiful moons. "Where am I?"

He heard a blood curdling scream that turned into ravenous growl. Oddly enough, Kadock recognized the voice, but could hardly believe it. He had to see her to know that the animal he heard was truly the princess. "Cerina?"

Strangely enough, she wasn't wearing any clothes, but she was covered in an alarming amount of blood. Her demeanor was like a wild animal. More accurately, she reminded him of a transformed Saiyan completely out of control, but she looked like she usually did. "Cerina!"

She screamed and attacked him blindly and ferociously. She was clearly out for blood.

"What's wrong with you?" Kadock looked around and saw that the world was in ruins. There were giant footprints. There was some kind of scuffle, and there was another set of footprints. The other set must have belonged to Fenn when they both transformed, but he was nowhere in sight. There were body parts laid out everywhere. Mountains were torn apart into rubble. Fenn and Cerina may have fought an army of androids, but by looking at the footprints, there was a scuffle between Fenn and Cerina. Kadock couldn't sense Fenn's energy at all.

Kadock caught Cerina's fist, but that just made her angrier. She seemed to be stronger than normal, and maybe she would have been a challenge to Bardock or Kakarot, but she was weak and slow compared to Kadock. "Wake up. I don't want to have to hurt you!"

She only become more furious and tried to head-butt him, but Kadock let her go and jumped back. "Cerina, what happened to you? Where are the others?"

Cerina tried to attack again and again, but Kadock outmaneuvered her time and time again. He really tried to reason with her, but since that didn't seem to be having an effect at all, Kadock waited patiently for her to attack once more and once she charged him, he quickly moved out of the way and kneed her right in the face.

Cerina flew back into pile of tall rocks. Kadock waited a moment before he would go after her. "Well, I can't sense anyone, but that doesn't mean that everyone is dead." He closed his eyes and tried to feel anyone's mind, but every time he tried to tune it, it was like a static feedback. "Interesting. I feel that my psychic powers have increased, but something here is blocking it." He tried to dig deeper. The block didn't feel like it had a life or an energy behind it. "It's not a person. It's a device."

Kadock flew to Cerina, hoping that she was somewhat of herself again. He effortlessly powered up and the rock debris was blown away and Cerina's body was revealed. Kadock flew down beside her and touched the side of her face. "Cerina? Can you hear me?"

She wearily opened her eyes. She swore she heard two voices, but it looked like she was only looking at one mate. "Kakarot?"

He smirked. "Not exactly."

She held her aching head. "I don't understand."

"I'm neither Kakarot or Bardock." He offered his hand to help her on her feet. "We've fused our bodies to become one being."

"Fusion, huh?" She wobbled as soon as she stood on her feet, but Kadock caught her and helped her stand. "What should I call you?"

"Kadock is fine. Now point me in the direction of some androids so I can end this once and for all."

Cerina began to blush. "It's been insane in here." She tried not to let it bother her that she was naked since half of the being in front of her was her mate, but the other half of him was her mate's father. "Soko sacrificed herself so we could escape. I was drained, so Fenn was taking care of me. He was too slow, and he was going to be hit with a blast. If it wasn't for Bell, we'd be dead. But now she is…"

She buried her face in her hands. She didn't want to lose it, but it was difficult. She adored Bell. Things were rough with Soko, but she could trust her with everything. Now she didn't know where her beloved Fenn was. "Fenn was so angry that he ascended, but there was an army. It wasn't enough."

"How did Gero get this many androids?" he asked. "We've been fighting them all over the planet. He didn't take enough people for this. He can't have this many resources—not by himself."

Cerina thought back to that moment to right before the storm of androids overtook them and they transformed. There were human androids, androids with tails, but there were others. There were some that looked like machines, but they contorted their bodies and could even liquefy. They were blue, red, and silver. "There were some androids mixed in that were…I don't know. I don't think they were ever human."

An image flashed inside of Kadock's mind. 'That sounds like the mutant androids that were on M-2. Dr. Myuu did join with Gero to create Super 17, but that's so much farther into the future. How would they even connect? They met in Hell!' "Where's Fenn? Why are you covered in blood?"

Cerina tried to remember what had happened, but all she saw was darkness and hot rage. "Fenn thought the only way to win was to transform. I was so scared! I lost control. I had never done it before and—"

"Where is Fenn?"

"I don't remember!" she snapped. She didn't want to know. If she dug too deep, she might remember something she could never forgive about herself.

"Calm down." Kadock touched her forehead before she could protest. "I'm gonna try and read your mind."

Cerina closed her eyes and tried not to think at all, but she was incredibly anxious.

'Whatever this device is that's interfering with my power is strong, but I should be able to pierce through her memories with her cooperation and since we're in such a close range.' He dug a little deeper and he began to see.

Fenn opened his jaws and a wave of power shot out of his mouth and vaporized a row of androids coming toward him. Dozens were destroyed in each blast. He knew he would survive as long as he protected his tail. But he wasn't getting any help from Cerina. Once she reached her full transformation, she started beating on her chest and stomping her feet. She clearly liked mayhem, but there was no thought process behind what she was doing.

Fenn tried once again to blast another wave of androids, but Cerina grew impatient and began to attack. The androids were swatted like flies, and when those held no challenge for her, she rammed into the other ape. After a few fist pounds in the face, it became painfully aware to Fenn that he was outmatched.

Fenn had many techniques for reverting a wild ape into a subdued creature, but all of his tactics relied on the fact that he was stronger than everyone that he faced. His powers had greatly increased, but Cerina's power was astronomical. 'I'll never survive if I don't do something…' Fenn's golden fur had been soaked in blood. He tried to protect himself, but he was far too weak.

Fenn spotted the energy ball he had thrown into the sky that transformed them. He knew he wasn't going to get the opportunity to rip off Cerina's tail. Before Cerina managed to destroy him, he fired a blast straight up to the ball of energy and destroyed it.

Cerina jumped on top of Fenn and began hitting slapped him with her paws. Even as she started transforming back to normal, she continued to attack him and scratched up his handsome face. Fenn took what little energy he had left to throw her off of him. Unfortunately for him, she blasted him before he could get away.

"What did I do?" Cerina screamed. "What did I do to him?"

Kadock didn't know what to say to her. He had never heard of anyone's mind still being rabid after returning to their normal state. Once again, Cerina was a conundrum. "He could still be alive. I swear if he is, I'll find him, but this transformation only lasts a half hour, so everyone that I need to kill, needs to die immediately."

Cerina was shaking, but she had to hold herself together. "Gero has a lab. I'll take you to it."

Cerina found a dead android nearby and stole her clothes. They were soaked in blood and scorched, but it was better than nothing. Besides, she wanted all of the people who hurt her friends to suffer and suffer quickly.

Kadock watched Cerina carefully. He didn't want her to become insane and attack him while he tried to save everyone. 'I wonder how strong she really is…'

Cerina flew to where they had found the device that they suspected would teleport them home before Bell went insane and started to destroy it. Kadock touched one of the columns and was impressed and horrified all at the same time. "He's got to have one of these operating on earth to get back and forth. It's no wonder why we never found this huge base of operations, but how could we not find nothing?"

Cerina buried her face in her hands before she started grunting angrily. "He could have this device in a capsule. Maybe he has someone on earth protecting it."

"If that's the case, then it's a good thing that you all didn't use it."

That only made Cerina angrier and she began marching for the doors at the lab where she knew that the androids emerged in. She kicked the doors down and looked around. There were dozens of pods that the androids must have come out of after they were activated. She stormed down the lab and kicked down another door that led to stairs. She could sense many energy signatures and rushed to find them.

Kadock ran after her in case she ran into trouble. What they found was about twelve humans that looked weak and pathetic huddled together and terrified.

Cerina huffed out all of her breath. Obviously there were some humans that didn't like Saiyan rule, but they had gone too far. "You're his extra pair of hands that made all of this possible? Do you know how many humans died for your cause? Do you realize what I've lost?"

Cerina lost control of her emotions and grabbed one of the humans. He was a nerdy looking fellow with glasses. He didn't appear to be a threat, and yet her friends were dead because of him. Well, someone needed to pay for his crimes!

Kadock didn't care about their lives, but he did care about a rampaging princess. "Cerina—"

She ignored Kadock and snapped his neck before throwing him to the ground. "Die!"

"Cerina—" Kadock tried to stop her, but she acted quickly and began firing blasts through her finger tips like lasers. She greatly resembled her mother as she slaughtered them all, but even Cellena lacked that level of fearsomeness.

"They're the reason why my friends are dead! They're the reason…"

Kadock grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "Calm down. I'll make this right. I swear that I will."

She could hardly breathe. Her hands were shaking. She was so furious that she thought she was going to just explode! She hated to cry, but she was still grieving and she was enraged.

"I need you to pull yourself together, Cerina. I need to find Gero and wipe out the rest of the androids before the fusion runs out."

She took long breaths in and out through her nose while she tried to block out the terrible things she had done and how her friends had died horribly. It was the only way to make Gero pay for his crimes. "Fenn was trying to make it back here. Bell said that Gero would have a device close to him that would make it easy to deactivate the androids in case they betrayed him."

'That makes sense. There was a deactivation device before in Goku's timeline. He'd have one now that he has an army helping him.'

Cerina and Kadock both perked up at the sound of whimpering coming from across the room. There was a human that was bleeding in her shoulder, but she wasn't mortally wounded.

"It looks like you missed one," Kadock said.

"Allow me to fix that."

Kadock saw Cerina raising her hand to blast the girl, but he grabbed her hand and forced it down at her side before she got the chance to destroy the girl. "Why don't you use your particular skills to get some information?"

Cerina looked at Kadock surprised. She didn't exactly expect him to agree, but she smirked. "Gladly." Cerina took pleasure in tossing the girl into a wall across the room. The girl looked so sweet and helpless. She looked like the quintessential human that she would dedicate her life to protecting. Now that weak human was her prey.

Kadock braced himself to watch Cerina work her particular magic. She threw the human scientist in a chair while she cried and screamed in anticipation of the torture. Cerina didn't hesitate in the least bit. She touched the girl's fingers and the chain reaction began.

The girl was already screaming, but when the pain actually started to hit her, she grew completely silent and her lip began to quiver. She looked down at her fingers that were shaking and glowing from Cerina's energy. The tips of her fingers began flaking off and turned into ash. That's when she really began to scream. "No! Please! It hurts!"

Cerina bent down in front of the girl and stared into her eyes mercilessly. "I'll end it quickly or I'll make this as painful as possible. It's up to you." Cerina didn't plan on ever letting the girl live. People like her were too dangerous to trust—like Bulma. "Are there other labs? Are there other androids?"

The girl knew that she shouldn't have said anything since she was going to die anyway, but she wanted the pain to end. "We deployed most of our androids. The rest aren't Gero's."

"Then who do they belong to?"

She closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to see her body disintegrating, but she could still smell her charred flesh, and she trembled. "There's some other scientist. He's some kind of remnant from some lost race that was destroyed. They hate the Saiyans like us. They're—"

"Tuffles," Kadock said.

Cerina turned to him surprised. "Tuffles?"

"Yes!" the girl screamed. She wouldn't look at her disappearing body, but she couldn't feel her hands anymore. "Dr. Myuu. He joined with us and started helping with our building process. He wants to create some kind of being for revenge that will destroy you all."

"Are there any other labs?"

"Yes. There's a map on our workstation!" She opened her eyes for a brief second and her tears flowed down her cheeks and neck. "Just let me die."

Cerina didn't exactly take pleasure in how much she was suffering, but she didn't feel guilty about it either. However, she would be merciful and give the girl a swift death.

"One more question," Kadock said. "Why aren't my psychic abilities working?"

"We were able to create fences to protect our minds from your abilities."

"That's interesting…" And by interesting, he meant that it was very bad! 'It also explains why we could never reach out and find Gero or Cerina when she was captured.' "That's all I needed to know."

"Please!" The girl's voice was hoarse. The pain was beyond anything she could feel anymore, but the burning had progressed to her forearms and she just wanted it all to end. "Make it stop."

Cerina couldn't even express pity for her, but couldn't waste any more time. "Sure thing." With a flick of her wrist, a beam of energy was unleashed from her hand and the girl's head fell into her lap and rolled onto the ground. The head stopped when the nose lightly tapped Cerina's foot. She winched, but then shrugged it off. "Let's kill these things."

'I don't know how back to normal Cerina is. I understand being upset about her friends, but her mind wasn't back until I nearly knocked her out. What if she freaks out again? It's not like I need her help fighting weaklings. She's the biggest liability right now.' "You stay here and see if you can find the deactivation device. I'm going to put an end to all this."

"Why?" she barked.

"I've noticed that you're injured and angry, Cerina. Besides, you need to find the trigger to deactivate the androids."

Cerina was trying not to let the pain of the machine in her body bother her, but it did still hurt and it was progressively getting worse. She would have to get it out soon. "I won't argue right now. I'll find the trigger. Go."

Kadock grabbed the maps that were on the desk and studied them quickly. There was another lab across the planet that was large enough to house other experiments. There was also a lot of energy being generated in that location. 'Looks like I've found him.'

Kadock teleported outside and trail blazed across the planet. He realized there were large poles generating some kind of field. He could feel an ache in his head when he got too close. As he passed by them, he blasted them and lit a stream of destruction as he went by. Within two minutes time, he was already at the last lab.

It was a large tower that looked more alien than human. There was a launching station and a ship that Kadock recognized. The structures reminded him of what Goku had seen on planet M-2. "Baby is here…"

Kadock looked up at the top of the tower and saw the doctor he had been searching for, but he wasn't alone. Baby's puppet was there along with his favorite minion. It was a surprise, but if a child sized Goku could handle Myuu's army, a fused Kakarot and Bardock could certainly destroy everyone.

"Gero." Kadock smiled very charmingly. "We've been looking for you for a very long time. I'm interested in hearing how you did exactly what you did, but I'd very much prefer to kill you."

Gero of course recognized the warrior before him as either Bardock or Kakarot, but since there was a scar, he assumed it was Bardock. "If you are able, Saiyan."

"Myuu, you're included on the death list."

Dr. Myuu looked surprised. "We haven't had the pleasure."

"And yet I know who you are. How frustrating for you!" He threw his head back and laughed. Perhaps he shouldn't have been taking things so easy, but he was glad to know that he was going to finally stop one of Goku's villains before things got too wildly out of hand. "I'll end your frustrations. Let me fight some of your metal mutants first."

Myuu turned to Gero to see if he had leaked anything, but Gero was just as puzzled. "How do you know—?"

"Let's get this started." Kadock threw his neck from side-to-side to crack it and give it a good stretch. He bent over and touched his toes, circled his arms, and so on. Every challenge set before him was going to be a joke, but at least he was going to be amused. "Come on!"

General Rilldo answered the call and flew down to approach Kadock. He looked just as ridiculous as ever in his tight briefs. Physically, he looked formidable, but he wasn't going to be a challenge.

"I've heard about Super Saiyans and their power. Even still, you'll be no match for me."

"Don't flatter yourself, Mutant. I won't need to transform into a Super Saiyan to defeat you."

Rilldo held his stomach and toppled over on the ground in immense pain. When he looked up, Kadock was still in the exact same position he was in before, but he knew he had been punched in the gut. He could still feel the fist print. "How was that possible? I didn't even see you move?"

"Maybe your sensors are a little out of date." Kadock placed his hands on his hips and chuckled again. He was trying to be mentally aware of his time and not get carried around with toying with his prey, but it was extremely difficult. "You're not even a challenge. You had better bring every reinforcement that you can handle."

Gero and Myuu both did not expect for the Saiyans to rise to such a challenge. Gero was already furious. He monitored what had been happening on earth and he knew that all of his androids there were deactivated. Fenn and Cerina had destroyed most of the androids when they transformed, but some had escaped. Now the only army left was Myuu's creations. "Call the others. We can't let this Saiyan destroy everything we've worked so hard for."

"Don't worry." Dr. Myuu clenched his fists. He had worked so hard and long to have his goals completed, and even if his mutants were defeated, it wouldn't stop what was soon to come. "He won't survive the hour."

General Rilldo pulled himself together and threw his punch forward, extending it abnormally long so it could reach Kadock's face. Rilldo grinned hard and began to chuckle in a bragging kind of way. He extended the other arm and Kadock was knocked from his stance. He wasn't knocked off of his feet, but they dug up the earth as he was pushed back about one hundred yards or so. Rilldo had enough confidence to continue and launched right after Kadock. The Saiyan didn't put up much of a fight, but he didn't mind. He was glad to be killing a Saiyan! "Die!"

Kadock raised his hand and caught the General's fist. Kadock looked bored and even yawned. "I'm gonna take some of your scraps and turn you into a little toy dog. Would that be acceptable?"

Rilldo was not used to being seen as weak, so he continued to fight furiously harder and faster. Kadock dodged every move effortlessly and continued to yawn. He even decided to start blocking all of his attacks with his knees to make Rilldo look even more pathetic.

Kadock raised his head and saw gates to the towers opening and about twenty other mutant robots came out. They were stronger than Gero's androids, but Kadock certainly wasn't worried. He was started to become more intrigued. "Hopefully this will be a little bit more interesting now."

The mutant army charged and they all really did try to be worthy opponents and put up a good fight. They were unique in their flow and their movement. One would punch and then turn into liquid and try to sneak behind Kadock, but Badock had seen all of their tricks before. Four of them joined together with Rilldo and created a suit of armor, but Kadock smirked and made Rilldo look like a complete joke when he punched him and smashed it into pieces. He blew up the other androids pretty quickly. He was keeping Rilldo alive long enough to see his best attack, which he didn't use until he was the last mutant standing.

"Come on, Weakling. What are you going to do now that you're all alone?"

Rilldo was disgraced, beaten, and crawling away on his hands and knees like a beggar. But he did have one technique that no living thing could fight against. He smirked deviously and opened his mouth to shoot out a green blast of energy straight at Kadock! But, Kadock saw it coming and gently moved his head to the left and missed it.

"Great shot. You almost turned me to metal," he teased. "My family would have been pissed. Good thing you're such a lousy shot and…well, I'm much faster than you can ever dream." He knelt down in front of Rilldo (who was now quivering in fear) and clenched his hand tightly around his throat. "I would blast off your head, but I know you could kind of grow it back. As long as there's a piece of you, you can come back. Even if I had left another one of these androids alive, you could use them?"

Rilldo was stunned. He had no idea how Kadock could know such things, but clearly he went into battle unprepared and was about to pay the ultimate price for it.

"Well, I've got things to do, so I'll be killing you now." Kadock gripped Rilldo's throat a little bit tighter before throwing him into the air like a rag doll.

"No, wait!" he begged.

"I'm running out of time, so I'm better off destroying you now." He drew his hands back and began gathering his energy for probably the strongest Kamehameha known to history in any world, and it was going to such a pathetic creature. 'What a shame that there was no one worthy enough to even make me break a sweat. There wasn't even anything interesting about this battle. Everyone is too weak compared to me.' "Ka…me…ha…me…ha!"

The powerful blue wave of energy consumed Gilldo as soon as it touched his body. There wasn't even time for a good enough scream. There was—however—terrifying screams coming from Gero and Myuu. There were also footsteps from them running inside their tower for protection. Kadock rolled his eyes. Of course it was futile.

"How is that Saiyan so strong?" Myuu asked Gero.

"I don't know. According to my data, there's no one else this powerful on the planet. I'm not sure how he could have accomplished such a thing."

Myuu began to whimper at the thought of his creation dying. "I don't even know if my baby could be a match for it!"

"Don't worry." Gero knew that he was probably about to be destroyed, but his need for revenge surpassed even his own need to survive. "My ultimate creation will be able to kill all Saiyans."

"What about killing all of the Saiyans?" Myuu and Gero turned their heads behind them for only a second, and they both bumped into Kadock and fell to the ground. "No seriously. I missed that part."

Gero grunted and tried to get up. Kadock didn't know if he was going to run away or attack, but he decided not to care and the tips of his fingers glowed a bright blue and with a precise flick of his wrist, Gero was sliced down the middle and exploded.

Myuu screamed in horror and from injury. The explosion happened right near his face, but Kadock was completely unscathed. "You filthy Saiyan!"

"Hey, I just did you a favor. You would have betrayed him or he would have betrayed you. Mad scientists should really not work together!"

Myuu grunted and he was about to say something smart, so Kadock squeezed a little bit tighter. "Where's Baby?"

"Baby?" he seemed genuinely confused by the name.

Kadock wasn't buying it. "He's your ultimate creation. He's made with the Tuffle King's DNA. He's like a parasite." Kadock looked closely into his eyes and saw that something was ringing a bell. He tried to press inside of his mind, but he wasn't getting anything but his fear. "My guess is that he's a far ways off from being completed, but I'm going to get rid of you and it today."

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

Kadock narrowed his eyes in on him. Cerina could always torture him. He could dig a little deeper into his head, but he was running out of time. "Maybe you do. Maybe you don't. Either way, I'm going to destroy you now."

Kadock's hands grew hot from the energy being emitted from it and within a few seconds, Myuu's head was blown off. But Kadock did hear something from Myuu's head before it was blown off. "Your babies?" he questioned. "There's more than one?!"

Kadock didn't have any time to waste. He couldn't let a brigade of Tuffle parasites anywhere near the Saiyan Empire. It was bad enough when Baby took over the humans and a handful of Saiyans. It would be a disaster if he took over every Saiyan. He couldn't let them take away Cellena's legacy after they took away her child.

He ran, flew, and teleported all over the lab. There had to be some kind of remnant of Baby or maybe even Cell. Somewhere in the middle of the tower, Kadock found a room with multiple alien looking fetuses inside. They were small things, so they were quite a ways from being born, but he knew from the design that they were Tuffles. "It's insane what smart crazy people will do with their spare time."

He walked over to the glass container where he believed Baby to be. They all looked similar, but this one had the right shade, so he chose to believe it was him. "That's one mega disaster averted." He pressed his hand against the glass and lit it up until the fetus and its tank was destroyed. There were eight tanks all together, but Kadock did see two tanks off to the side and it bothered him. He wasn't sure if Myuu was going to put something else inside or if something had already been let out.

"Oh well." He raised his power level and concentrated. He didn't want to destroy the planet. He just wanted to make sure every single experiment that Gero and Myuu had been cooked up wouldn't live to ever see fruition. With a yell, Kadock released a massive attack that swallowed the entire facility up. When the light faded, there was nothing but a giant crater and two Saiyans standing side-by-side.

"The fusion is over," Bardock said.

The flash of visions came back to Kakarot's mind. Being defeated by Vegeta was one that he couldn't accept at all. But when he thought of his trusted friend betraying him, he was filled with inexcusable rage. "We have to find Fenn."

"Kakarot, wait!" Bardock grabbed his son's arm. He was furious as well, but he was also very confused. "Seeing the future is difficult. Things always happen in a way we don't expect. If you're going to find Fenn so he can never end up betraying us or hurting your mother—I've thought about it myself already—but we could be wrong. I thought Cerina was going to kill you for Broly. That didn't turn out how I thought at all."

Kakarot shook his arm free. He knew what his father was saying was true, but he couldn't shake his anger. "I can't believe you're the one level headed right now."

"Well, this curse is something I've had for a while. I know it can be overwhelming. I'm just offering you some perspective."

'Fenn betraying me…I don't even know how be betrayed me! I don't believe he'd do anything to purposely hurt me, but I can't be sure. I just don't know…' It's not like he was in a great position to rip off Fenn's head. Cerina would probably never forgive him. "You're right, Father. Let's find him. That'll make Cerina happy."

"Agreed."

The two of them teleported back to Cerina. She was on the ground huffing and puffing for air and dripping in sweat. She was as pale as a ghost. When Kakarot saw his woman, he began to panic and rushed to her side. "Cerina! What are you doing?"

Bardock was concerned. He knew that Goten developed a fever when Baby first took him over, but that wasn't exactly a sign of possession. The transition to Gohan and Vegeta was very simple. But the room was completely torn apart. It looked like there had been some kind of struggle. "What's wrong?"

Cerina took a moment to catch her breath. "There was a machine inside of me that was keeping me in constant pain. I focused my energy and pinpointed it so I could destroy it, but I'm really weak now."

Kakarot sighed in relief. "Well, that's something I can take care." He reached for a pouch of beans and placed one in her hand. "You can have this senzu bean."

"Like aspirin." Cerina popped it in her mouth and gave it a chew. She instantly felt better and rose to her feet. "I found this." She grabbed a black device with a red button on it off of a table. "It was hiding behind a light switch. I already pressed it, but I don't know if the signal was strong enough."

Kakarot took the device from her hands and studied it briefly. There was nothing about it that gave him the impression that it would work for long ranges. He would have to connect it to something stronger. "I'll make sure that all of the androids get shut down."

"What about Fenn?" she asked.

Bardock noticed his son whence, so he quickly spoke up. "Kakarot will work. You and I will find him."

Cerina nodded, but she was incredibly nervous. When they took off to the sky, she was really hopeful that they would find her beloved Fenn. But the more she thought about it, the more upset she got.

Bardock noticed that Cerina was near tears after a while. "You didn't kill him."

"You saw what I did!" She always tried to be a good girl. She always had to be in control. Now she knew what would happen if she was free to be herself. "You went in my head. I'm a monster! I always have been and I always will be. Fenn trusted that I would be able to handle myself, and now he's probably dead."

Bardock wondered if he should let her know that Fenn was alive, but he was also still considering if it was best to kill him. "Maybe…"


"Queen Cellena!" Kara rushed to the palace as soon as she could see her father once again. It's not like she felt a block, but things were hidden from her. She couldn't see Cerina, Fenn, or any of their friends while they were kidnapped. Now everything was clear again.

Cellena was in the palace gathering information from her leaders. The amount of loss was substantial, but at least it was over. When she saw Kara running toward her, she hoped it was good news. "Did your father have something to do with saving our world?"

"I couldn't see him before, my queen, but I can see my father now. He and my brother fused into one powerful being. Dr. Gero and all of his allies are dead. Princess Cerina is still alive."

Cellena smiled and those around her cheered victoriously. "And what about the other Task Force members?"

"I can't find Bell, Fenn, or Soko anywhere, but that doesn't mean we should give up!"

"No, and certainly not after your father deactivated the androids—"

"I'm afraid I'm going to take credit for that," Vegeta said from down the hall with a smirk so smug that it had to be real. His scientist minion was standing by his side grinning.

"You?" Cellena asked with disbelief. She wanted to be proud of her son, but given their last argument, it wasn't really a good time for him to play hero. "You saved us all?"

"Don't look so surprised, Mother!" He walked with vigorous swagger toward his mother. He knew that his mother's generals and those she sought council from were very impressed. "I am the Prince of all Saiyans, my father's son, and rightful heir to his throne. Why wouldn't I find a way to shut down all of the androids and save my people from complete annihilation?"

Cellena held her head up and grinned in her son's face. She was not going to be ungrateful for his hard work, but she wasn't going to let him use it to his advantage either. "Very good, Son. Now we just have to concentrate on getting your sister and my future husband home." She hadn't forgiven Vegeta for refusing to fuse with Kakarot. She was serious about her threats, and she wasn't going to let him bully her out of it. "I expect to wed Fenn before I start showing."

"A little late for that," Vegeta mocked.

She ignored the urge to scratch out her son's eyes. "Let's find your sister."

Kara felt incredibly uncomfortable as she felt the tension between the two of them. She knew there was a power struggle going on, and she had a dark feeling that it was going to cost someone their life.


Bardock and Cerina decided to start looking for Fenn at the battlefield. Bardock recalled the fight between Fenn and Cerina as much as he could and remembered the blast that carried him away. He followed where he believed it went and he could vaguely see where Cerina saw his body separate from the blast as it went up to the sky and disappeared. He searched for the faintest energy signal and found Fenn's body on top of a pile of rocks. "I found him!"

Cerina rushed to Bardock and wiped her eyes. "Give him that senzu bean!"

Bardock had taken the pouch from the reluctant Kakarot so he could save Fenn's life if need be. He wasn't sure if he should save Fenn's life, but Cerina wouldn't have cared if Bardock had a vision of Fenn ripping out her throat with his teeth. She trusted and loved her friend, so Bardock was going to give Fenn a chance for her sake.

"Eat this." He raised his head and placed the bean in his mouth. Fenn was in and out of it, so he wasn't sure if he could even chew it. But, he eventually did and opened his no longer weary eyes.

"Cerina?"

Cerina knew she was going to cry, so she hid her face by collapsing into his chest and hugging his body. "I'm so glad you're safe!"

"Yeah…" He wrapped his arms around her. "We need to find Soko."

Cerina raised her head and gasped full of hope. "I thought she was dead."

Fenn paused for a moment before confidently continuing on. "What if she's still alive? I could have been dead!"

Bardock narrowed his eyes in on Fenn. Something just didn't seem right. He peeked inside of his head, but all he could see was that Fenn desperately wanted to find his friend and that he really believe she could have survived. "We'll look, but we have to get back to earth and make sure the planet is still standing."

"We don't even know a way off of this planet," Cerina said. "We might as well look for Soko until we can figure it out."

Bardock was caught in a tough situation. Cerina was doe eyed and clueless and Fenn may or may not have been innocent. If he was possessed by Baby, then that would explain betrayal, but they couldn't exactly test that theory at the moment. If he wanted to force Baby out, it was best to do it around Kakarot so they could team up against him. "We'll split up and search for Soko. We'll meet back at the lab where Kakarot is in an hour. Hopefully, he would have shut all the androids down by then and I will have found a way off of this planet."

"We need a ship," Fenn said.

"There was a ship, but I kind of blew it up…" Bardock scratched his head. He wasn't sure if Kadock did the right thing. "I didn't want any of Dr. Myuu's technology to survive or to escape."

"Who's Dr. Myuu?" Cerina asked.

Bardock sighed. It was just a lot to explain and Myuu's origins still confused the crap out of him. "He's a mutant Tuffle robot scientist that apparently joined forces with Gero to bring extinction to our race. Goku fought him in his timeline and the universe was nearly taken over because his greatest creation—Baby—infected Vegeta and took over earth."

Cerina blinked a few times before she accepted the fact that she was dumbfounded. "What?"

"It's a long story and I'll explain later. Right now, you two need to find Soko. Cerina, you get a head start. I need to speak with Fenn alone for a second."

Cerina looked to Fenn to see why Bardock was suddenly so intense, but he didn't seem to know the reason why. She wanted to know and protect Fenn if she needed to, but there was nothing she could do about it. "Okay. You both be safe."

Bardock wasn't sure what to do with Fenn. He was a loyal guy and he never tried to hurt anyone. He had a thirst for power, but he didn't strike Bardock as someone who would step on others to get what he wanted. "I saw inside of Cerina's mind. I saw what she did to you."

Fenn looked up into the sky to make sure Cerina had flown far away enough so she wouldn't hear them talking about her. "I've never seen anyone react to the transformation in such a way. I'm afraid there's something wrong with Cerina, and I don't know how to fix her. We can try though. She's my best friend, so I'll work with her if need be. Controlling our ape form is a necessity."

"You're so generous," Bardock muttered bitterly.

Fenn turned to face Bardock with a cocked brow. "Did I do something to offend you?"

Bardock sighed. He told Kakarot not to overreact, but he was concerned about his mate. "Look, I want you to know that I appreciate all of the friendship that you've given Cerina over the years, and I do consider you and Kakarot to be friends as well."

"As do I—"

Bardock pointed his finger in Fenn's face and was practically screaming. "But I swear—I swear to every higher power listening—I will destroy you if you ever decide to betray me and my family."

Fenn's mouth dropped and he blinked a few times. Fenn knew a dark secret that could destroy their family as well as his life. There was a deep level of trust between them all. Betrayal didn't seem like a very profitable investment. "Why would you say this?"

"I saw a vision and it disturbed me." Bardock knew it was possible to manage without Colleen, but he didn't like to think of the world like that. She had a bright smile that was innocent and she could really cook well. Not to mention the sex! But she understood Bardock better than everyone else, and she didn't mind what she saw. "I could be easily mistaken, but if it turns out that what I saw is even remotely true, I'm going to destroy you."

Fenn wanted to brush it off, but he clearly was upset. There was no need in making it worse. "Fair enough, but we should really find Soko right now."

Bardock began to stare down Fenn. He wouldn't hesitate to kill Fenn for Colleen, but it wasn't like Fenn was plotting her death. There had to be more to the vision that he wasn't seeing. 'He seems normal. I didn't find anything suspicious inside of his mind. Maybe I'm overreacting.' "Find Soko. I'll get us home."


Back on earth, people had begun to celebrate their freedom from the androids, but they did it with caution. Their princess was still in danger, and word had gotten out that Bardock and Kakarot had gone out to look for them. Everyone was wishing for the best, but no one knew for certain what would happen.

Kara and her family met back up together at her home while they waited for Kakarot and Bardock to return with everyone. Colleen was cooking a giant meal for her family and she was hoping that her husband would be home to enjoy it. Summer had a senzu bean and returned home. She and Fasha were helping in the kitchen. Ninjin and Tora were watching cartoons and his sitter was taking care of Colleena. Kara was sitting with her brother outside while they talked. "So Prince Vegeta really did save us all?"

"It appears that way…" She shuttered every time she thought about it. "There's a dark cloud coming over our family, Raditz. We've got to survive."

"We'll do more than survive it," he said with a confident smile. "We'll overcome it."

"I don't know about that, Raditz." Kara could just feel the trouble aching in her bones. Very soon, their lives were going to change and there wouldn't be a way to stop it.

"Kara?"

"Papa?" Kara laughed from excitement and looked up to the sky. "Where are you?"

"I'm not sure. Gero built a lab on another planet. We can't get home unless we teleport, but I can't jump too far without sensing energy or I could kill myself."

"Then what do you want me to do?"

"We have a bond, Kara. If I can connect to you with my powers as you reach out to me with your own, I think I can get us all home."

Kara was highly honored. "I'll do my best."

"I think you may need some help, Kara. Get the rest of the family and join your powers together. It'll be easier if I have something I can sense as well. With everyone powering up as far as they can and us using our powers, I think we've got a decent shot."

"Okay, Papa. I'll tell everyone about our plan and I'll be waiting."

"How are things on earth?"

"All of the androids were deactivated. Vegeta's scientist created a device to stop them all. He's being hailed as a hero."

"Really?"

"Yeah, and Queen Cellena wasn't too happy about it. She thinks it's going to be a power play, so she announced that she and Fenn were going to get married soon to block Vegeta's efforts."

"I don't know how I feel about either of those things…"

"How are they doing?" Raditz asked his sister.

"Are you safe?" Kara asked. "Is everyone okay?"

"Arti and Bell are no longer with us. Fenn was badly injured. We're still searching for Soko. Cerina was pretty messed up, but she and Fenn are okay now. We've got some big trouble to prepare for, but that can wait until later."

Kara's shoulders began to slump and tears filled her eyes. She thought Bell was wonderful. "Bell is dead. They can't find Soko."

"What?!" Raditz's heart fell to his stomach. He cared for both of them immensely, and he couldn't imagine what the Task Force would be without them. What would the empire be like without Bell's brilliant mind? "This is terrible."

"I've gotta go, Kara."

"Okay, Papa. I won't let you down."

"I know you won't."


Cerina searched high and low across the planet for Soko. She started from where they were being held and increased the radius, but she didn't find anything. She didn't even see her body. But she didn't want to give up hope, but she didn't want to prolong the hour and returned to the lab so she could regroup. "Kakarot!"

He was waiting outside with a candy bar he had found in one of the dead people's desks. He was starving! He grinned when he saw his mate. "Hey, I was able to access this satellite. I believe all of the androids should be disconnected now."

"Good." Cerina gave him a little smile. She tried to take that victory and be content, but she was so upset! "I couldn't find Soko."

"You think she may still be alive?" Kakarot didn't want to mention the vision in case he was wrong.

"I don't know…" Cerina was going to break down anyway. She surrendered to her emotions and wrapped her arms around her man so he could at least comfort her. "I want to go home to our son and daughter, Kakarot. I want to have that other baby that you can't stop talking about."

He chuckled. He didn't mean to talk about their other baby so much, but now that he had actually seen his little Cellicia, he probably wouldn't ever stop. "We'll be home soon."

As much as she wanted to go home, she also had fears and reservations as well. "What about my powers? What I did to Fenn was—"

"Not your fault." Kakarot thought about the ape form. He honestly didn't know a ton about it. No one had really studied up on it besides Fenn. He didn't know if it was another personality that emerged or just true nature. "I've never transformed. I don't know what I'd be like either."

"Not like me," she moaned pitifully.

"Maybe not, but we're both gonna figure out ourselves together." He shook her arms to get her attention and grinned adorably in her face until she broke out in an infectious smile. He could always make her feel better, and that was a power he could always rely on.

"I also studied this planet from the papers that I found. I know the coordinates. We can send a team to analyze this place after we get back home. Apparently they named this place 'M-1'."

"That's good. We need to study what happened here so it can never happen again." Cerina was at least satisfied that Gero could now be done and over with. Now she could focus on some other cases.

Bardock appeared next. He had searched for Soko after his conversation with Kara, but he also had no luck. "I've got a way home for us. Kara is gonna work it out."

Before Kakarot could begin to ask questions, he spotted Fenn up in the sky and he couldn't believe what he saw. "Is that Fenn with Soko?"

Cerina gasped happily and jumped up and down, but the closer Fenn got, the more she could see that Soko was as still as the dead. "She doesn't look well."

When Fenn landed, everyone could see where she was scratched, cut, bruised, and burned. Her head was swollen and her was almost unrecognizable. There was no telling how much blood she had lost. "Is she—?"

"She needs a senzu bean quick!" Fenn screamed.

Kakarot didn't even bother to reach for one. "She's completely out of it. It won't work if she can't swallow."

Cerina desperately clutched onto Bardock's arm. "We've gotta get her home now and to a healing tank!"

Bardock looked to his son. They both had unresolved issues regarding Fenn. They also had a vision about Soko as well. Something was wrong with her, and it seemed like something she couldn't control. Perhaps she was possessed by Baby. 'If I don't do something now though, Soko will die.' Bardock grunted. "Kara, are you ready?"


Kara heard the voice of her father and grabbed the hands of her niece and nephew that stood beside her. The entire family was gathered together and they got over their Saiyan pride so they could join their powers together to guide the rest of their family home. "We're ready."

Everyone began powering up as high as they could. Summer tapped out the quickest. Tora, Fasha, and Kara were all very powerful, but they hadn't hit Super Saiyan like the rest of them. Ninjin, Raditz, and Colleen transformed as well and they pushed themselves as far as they could. Raditz smirked with pride once it was established that he was the strongest among them, but it would have been a shame if he wasn't.

"I'm ready when you are, Papa!" Kara screamed.


"I feel her reaching out to me…" Bardock smirked. 'That's my girl.' "We're going to teleport."

Fenn and Cerina placed their hands on Bardock's back, but Kakarot didn't move. "If it's too far of a jump, won't we all die?"

"I'm connected to Kara. I can feel her, and that means that she can guide us. Just trust me, Kakarot."

Kakarot did have a healthy amount of fear for his life, but he was choosing to have faith. "This had better work, Old Man, or I'm gonna be harping on about this in hell of the next century."

Bardock chuckled, but he wasn't worried. Kara's powers were amazing. Through their connection, he felt the combined powers of their family and it was like a beacon. When he was ready, he transformed himself and all those touching him into a beam of light and they treaded across the universe until the landed in front of Kara.

"We did it!" Kara rushed into her father's arms and gave him a tight hug. "I'm so glad your brain didn't explode!"

Fenn didn't have time for praises and small talk. He took off into the like a rocket in Super Saiyan 2 so he could get to the medical bay in the palace.

"I'm gonna go with him." Kakarot didn't even have time to greet his son or kiss his daughter. He had to make sure that nothing was going on with Soko or Fenn before he let them be exposed to civilization.

"Mom!"

Cerina was going to go after Fenn, but she immediately started to tear up when she heard her son's voice. She rushed to him and hugged him. "I'm so proud of you, Ninjin!"

He blushed. "Mom, you're squeezing me too tight."

Bardock took a moment to look at his family. They had survived yet another terrible attack. Friends had been lost, and it made him appreciate those he had left all the more. But there was trouble looming. "I have a lot of things to talk about, guys. There's trouble coming and there are things that I have to tell our queen. It's possible that the toughest challenge that we've ever faced is on the horizon. But for right now…" His stomach started rumbling ferociously, and he blushed. "You've got to feed me."

Everyone dropped to the floor with their legs twitching in the air.

Colleen laughed though. "Come inside. I saved you some food."

To Be Continued…