(Last time on Piccolo's students, those on Earth begin to adjust to their new lives after Frieza, but a long since forgotten evil has thawed free. what are its goals? Find out now.)

-The Forgotten Scientist-

In the throne room of Ox King's castle on top of Fire Mountain, Ox King was busy doing paper work. He looked a bit like King Yemma sitting behind his desk working. He heard the large double doors to the throne room open slightly. Ox King looked up but didn't notice anything. Just a few moments later the doors swung open. "Apologies my King, but have you seen a little girl? She snuck into the castle after hitching a ride with an old couple. She claimed to be from here." The Guard said. He wore a purple uniform with a gold colored hood. He wore a tactical machete on his side and had a cross bow on his back, along with a pack of obsidian tipped bolts.

"Hmm sorry, I haven't seen anything." Ox King replied.

"Apologies sir for troubling you." The guard said and bowed his head before closing the door behind him as he left to resume his search.

"Alright come on out little one." Ox King said once the guard had left. He heard a squeak from behind a decorative column in the throne room. "Come on, I don't have all day." Ox King added.

Videl timidly stepped out from behind the column. She had a toy snake stuffed animal wrapped around her and was holding an eagle stuffed animal close. "So you're the Ox King?" She asked softly, intimidated by his humongous size.

"I'm certainly not the Bull King." Ox King chuckled loudly.

"You tell bad jokes like my daddy." Videl said and pouted.

"Where is he?" Ox King asked. Videl's eyes got watery and she sniffled.

"They took him, a bunch of creepy monsters that were only a little bigger than me. That's why I came here, to get help from past champs before my daddy." She said, barely able to keep from starting to cry. Ox King watched her and got off his chair. She stepped back a little. "I read that the previous champ married your daughter." She said.

"That's true, Goku is my son-in-law.l" Ox King said gently, trying to calm her. He was about to speak up again when his phone rang. He picked it up and answered. "Hey busy right n..." Ox King started but was interrupted.

"HELP!" Oolong screamed through the phone, making Ox King wince. "Wait crap gotta keep my voice down." Oolong whispered.

"What's going on?" Ox King asked.

"A bunch of freaks that look kinda like Saibamen attacked the island. They think I'm Master Roshi for some reason, they're trying to kidnap me, you gotta help me." Oolong pleaded.

"It'll take me hours to get there, just turn into a fish and escape into the ocean." Ox King advised.

"I can only shapeshift for five minutes then I'd be a sitting duck." Oolong replied as Ox King heard wood breaking. "No they've found me!" Oolong screamed.

"We've got him now." A robotic voice droned, the sounds of a short struggle ensued.

"Oolong?" Ox King asked, but the line went silent. On Roshi's island the phone dangled off the hook as the Bio Men flew away with an unconscious Oolong. "Dang it." Ox King said, slamming down the phone, causing Videl to jump.

"Mister Ox King?" Videl asked softly. Ox King looked back at Videl, and a light bulb went off in his head.

"So your dad was a world martial arts champion?" Ox King asked. Videl nodded quickly.

"Is, and he's the strongest on the whole planet, but he was kidnapped." She said. Ox King hit a few numbers on his phone.

"Prepare to defend the castle, we may about to be attacked." Ox King ordered in a serious tone.

"You're goin to be attacked?" Videl asked confused. Ox King nodded.

"This has happened before, someone is targeting the strongest Martial Arts practitioners." Ox King said.

"Why?" Videl asked.

"Unsure, but they just attacked my master's place looking for him, they'll come for me and my family next." He said and called Bulma's number, hoping she could send a message to Gohan some how in case he needed help. He had to leave a voicemail when he couldn't reach her.

"The monsters are coming here?" Videl asked, her eyes getting big with fear.

"Relax kid, I'll protect you, but I need to get ready." Ox King said.

"What about me, what can I do?" Videl asked.

"You need to rest but it might not be safe here... NIMBUS!" Ox King shouted.

"What's a Nimbus?" Videl asked confused as a yellow fluffy cloud flew in through a window near the high ceiling of the room. It flew down and nuzzled Ox King gently.

"This is Nimbus." Ox King said and gently patted it. "If you're pure of heart you can ride it, I'll have Nimbus send you to one of my friends to keep you safe." He said.

"I can ride it?" She asked skeptical. Ox King nodded and picked her up. He sat her on Nimbus before she could even protest.

"It's like standing on a cotton blanket." She said amazed. Ox King laughed softly and nodded.

"Now I'll just send you somewhere safe." Ox King said.

"What? No I want to help." She said stubbornly. She crossed her arms.

"Nope too dangerous, you'll be safer with Bulma." Ox King said. Videl could tell she wouldn't be able to convince him otherwise and so decided to try a different approach.

"Well I cannot leave on this without a helmet, whenever you ride something without a seatbelt you need a helmet, that's what daddy says." Videl said.

"Uhh well that is sound advice... so yeah I guess you should wear a helmet. I've got something that'll work here but you can only borrow it." Ox King said and called in a maid. "Take her to my daughter's room, and help her into Chi-Chi's old armor." Ox King said.

"Armor?" Videl asked, getting excited. The maid nodded. Nimbus followed after the maid and Videl after she jumped off. Ox King rushed off to his armory.

Ox King put on his gold colored helmet that had goggles on it with the two horns and large feather on it. He then put on the rest of his signature armor. It was quite eccentric but it got the job done and was quite protective and durable. He grabbed his best axes, some for throwing and two he could dual wield. His two main axes could fire lasers like his daughter's helmet. Their blades were as black as night, made from reinforced obsidian.

Videl stared at Chi-Chi's old armor. "Umm it doesn't provide much protection does it?" She asked. The maid giggled.

"I suggest wearing it over your clothes." She replied. Videl nodded and began putting it on. Just as she strapped on the helmet she heard a lot of commotion coming from outside the castle. Videl gasped as the Nimbus flew off at incredible speed.

On the highest tower of the castle, a massive bell rang, signaling that the castle was under attack. On top of each tower stood a massive crossbow, seven in total. At the sound of the bell ringing each one was manned. Each one glowed with a purple energy as they were all based off of Chi-Chi's helmet laser. The Bio Men flew straight for the castle, thinking these simple crossbows no threat, after all the each Bio Man could sink a battle ship on their own. Therefore when the first one got into range he didn't bother to dodge or block when all seven aimed at him as he flew down from the sky. The Bio Men halted their advance, surprised to see a laser fired from these crossbows instead of bolts. All seven lasers hit the Bio Man at once and he was instantly vaporized. The others screeched in terror and scattered, trying to avoid the laser fire.

Despite the mounted crossbows being powerful enough to harm the Bio Men, the humans aiming them couldn't keep up with with the fast motion of the Bio Men, they were just a blur. One guard managed to get off a lucky shot, hitting one of the Bio Men in the head. It tumbled out of the sky and crashed into the walls of the mountain and then fell down below. The guard celebrated but then noticed that the others were no longer firing. Fear took hold as she realized the six other mounted crossbows had been incapacitated. She gulped as a Bio Man landed beside her. With a flick of his wrist he knocked the mounted crossbow off the tower.

"Oh yeah, why not try to catch this." She said and shot her hand held crossbow almost point blank. The Bio Man easily moved fast enough to catch it, however the sharp obsidian bolt sliced cleanly through his hand. He barely had time to move his head so it wouldn't hit him, but it still cut him across the cheek. The Bio Man growled angrily as the guard prepared to make her last stand as she grabbed her black bladed tomahawks. She began spinning in a deadly dance as she came closer to the creature. She did manage to cut off its arm as the clashed but then was kicked in the side, instantly feeling several ribs break. The creature growled angrily, it's red eyes showing no mercy as it prepared to strike the last blow. Videl whimpered, watching the scene unfold from the window of one of the towers. She fell backwards and covered her face as one appeared on the window. Something activated on her helmet and a beam of light shot from it, destroying the window and striking the creature in the head, knocking it out. It fell down to the entrance of the castle.

"Hey you forgot this!" Ox King roared, throwing the mounted crossbow the creature that was ready to kill the guard had knocked off back at it. Ox King appeared in the air, standing on Nimbus. "Guards, focus on helping the people, I'll handle these pests." Ox King bellowed as he swatted one of the creatures away with the broadside of his axe. With that he threw one of his throwing axes faster then the eye could see and struck one of the creatures, pinning it against a tower wall and almost cutting it in half. The guards nodded and went about ensuring the safety of the people, though several took up hidden sniping positions.

"Target acquired." The Bio Men said in unison. They charged at the Ox King. The big man simply laughed, having the time of his life. He used the broadside of his two axes to block their attacks while the sharp ends proved deadly to the creatures. They quickly withdrew to try and attack from range.

"Heh, think that just cause I'm out of throwing axes your safe at range huh? Too bad for you!" Ox King bellowed. He flowed his Ki into his axes and combined it with the laser at the top of each one. He sent out to blasts of energy that vaporized two of the Bio Men. Now that the creatures were clear of their king, the snipers took their shots. Another four of the attackers fell out of the sky.

One of the ones still in the air had been hit in the arm, causing it to miss with an energy blast it shot. The missed shot headed for a tower, specifically the one Videl was watching from. Ox King used Nimbus to fly in front of the blast to protect the tower and Videl. He hit it with the broadside of his axe, knocking it back at the creature that fired it. The Bio Man let out a screech as it was destroyed by its own attack. "There, with that we've reduced your numbers by half. Tell me where the others you took are and I'll let you live." Ox King offered.

A safe distance away, an old man lowered the binoculars he'd been using to watch the fight. He cracked an evil grin. "Don't worry Doctor, this one's strength is far beyond the other three we've captured so far." the old man said into his staff.

"Fine, Fine, but how are you going to capture him, the computer reports you've lost about half of my Bio Men Kochin." An annoyed voice replied from the staff.

"Don't worry sir, I've got that figured out." Dr. Kochin replied and sent some orders to the Bio Men from his staff.

"Well?" Ox King asked, getting impatient as his offer had been met with silence.

"Counter offer..." One finally spoke up as the others flew away. "Come with us or we destroy your mountain by blowing ourselves up." The creature threatened. The ones that had flown away returned, glowing brightly. They flew into the mountain underneath the castle. "You have four seconds... one..." The Bio Man chuckled.

"What no please, that could cause the volcano to erupt, destroying the village." Ox King said.

"Two... drop your weapons." The creature ordered as Ox King felt the power of the creatures inside the mountain growing.

"You'll leave here in peace?" Ox King asked.

"Three... we only want you." It replied. "And f..." it started to say but stopped as Ox King dropped his axes defeatedly. "Good." The creature said as the others came out of the mountain.

"But you'll have to catch me." Ox King smiled and jumped off Nimbus. The Bio Men gasped and pursued him as he fell. He fought them as he fell, destroying a few more, before they stopped his decent mere inches from the ground before doing a combined attack to knock him out. The Bio Men looked back up at the castle, wanting to destroy it. However one was greeted by molten lava being poured on it, instantly killing it. Kochrin chuckled.

"The big guy is smarter than he looks, by forcing you all to ground level, he's put his castle into a much better defensive position, no matter, we have what we need. Return to the base at once." Dr. Kochrin ordered. The remaining Bio Men worked together to carry Ox King and flew him back to their base.

After several hours of work Bulma took a break from working with Launch on some weapons she found on Frieza's ship. She noticed she had a message and listened to it. "Oh crap, not good." she said after hearing the message Ox King left. She quickly sent a message to C-6. He came out of his sleep mode and shook Gohan awake.

"Message from Bulma." C-6 said to Gohan as the young boy yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"What is it?" He asked and jumped as Bulma yelled at him. Gohan quickly stood to attention.

"Gohan, your grandpa left me a message, he thinks he's in danger and someone's targeting past champions and martial artists, you need to check on him." She said.

"Right, we're on it Bulma." Gohan said.

"We?" C-6 asked.

"Yup, I need a way to be able to contact Bulma easily." Gohan said. Icarus yelped happily.

"Good luck." Bulma said before disconnecting.

"Sorry Icarus, you'll need to stay here. You can't keep up with me and C-6, plus it might be dangerous." Gohan said and patted Icarus' head. The dragon pouted and held his head low.

"Maybe I can help with that?" Kami asked, having just returned from Otherworld, the sound of his staff hitting the tiles beating like the rhythm of a clock as he walked over

"What do you mean?" Gohan asked confused.

"I sense that a long trapped evil has arisen once again. You will need allies to help you in this journey." Kami said.

"So you're going to come help us?" Gohan asked.

"I must be selective in the affairs I involve myself in, but that doesn't mean I can't help you in a multitude of ways. Your dragon companion. He is creature full of strength and magic, a protector of nature. Once he is older few creatures could measure up to him. I can allow him to become even greater, to help preserve nature alongside you." Kami said.

"You mean unlock his potential?" Gohan asked amazed. Kami nodded.

"I did a little research to make sure but yes, I can do it. Some creatures have the ability to harness Ki as we do to fight, Icarus as you call him is one such creature. They may lack the ability to manipulate it as we do, but they can use it to make themselves stronger. So how about it?" Kami asked.

"Umm it's up to Icarus I guess." Gohan said softly and turned to face Icarus. Icarus took a few steps towards Kami and then seemed to bow, becoming very solemn, recognizing Kami's importance on an instinctual level.

"Good to see someone still respects their elders." Kami laughed and bent down, placing his hand on Icarus' head. "Guardian of nature, I draw out your power." Kami said softly and unlocked Icarus' potential. Icarus let out a decent roar afterwards and flapped his wings.

"Wow, he's about as strong as Nappa was when he came here." Gohan said amazed. Kami nodded and patted the dragon's head.

"He'll continue to grow in strength just like you, now go. Your grandfather isn't the only one in need of help. I'll be here though if you need further guidance." Kami said. Gohan and floated of the tiles of the lookout.

"Thank you Kami, lead the way C-6." Gohan said after bowing politely to Kami.

"Affirmative, time to really test the propulsion system Dr. Briefs installed. Try to keep up." C-6 said as he hovered into the air. Gohan smiled and got on Icarus's back.

"Let's do this. Here we go." Gohan said. C-6 blasted off as Icarus struggled to keep up. However Gohan soon realized he could share his energy with the dragon. After lending Icarus some of his power, Icarus flew far faster and caught back up with C-6. C-6 had too press his engines even harder to stay at the same speed as Icarus.

Videl started crying after Ox King had been taken away. "Now who will help me?" She whimpered. Nimbus flew down to her and nuzzled her gently. She hugged the cloud close as it absorbed her tears.

"The guards will figure something out." The maid said gently and led her and Nimbus back to the throne room. As they entered Videl spotted the female guard that she had seen from the window. She was talking to a few other guards. One motioned the maid over to them. They began discussing what to do and who to call for help. Videl tried to stay awake but soon sleep took her as she rested on the comforting cloud. Some time later, Nimbus shook happily and flew out of Videl's arms and up into the sky. Videl squeaked falling down as she woke up suddenly. Above the castle, Gohan, Icarus and C-6 had come to a stop, their race a tie.

"It looks like there was a battle here, recently." Gohan said worried as he looked around.

"Incoming." C-6 said, his radar picking up Nimbus.

"Nimbus!" Gohan cheered as the yellow cloud flew circles around them before leading them to Videl who hid behind the maid, fearing another attack was coming. She squeaked as Nimbus picked her up by flying under her. Nimbus brought her to Gohan, causing the guards to take notice. They all quickly bowed.

"Our Prince." The chief guard said as Gohan got off Icarus. "I regretfully inform you that we were incapable of protecting our king, we will now resign and go into exile if it so pleases our prince." The guard said defeatedly.

"Uhh wait, no no please don't do that, I'm sure you did your best, I should have gotten here sooner." Gohan said looking down.

"What no my prince, don't blame yourself. The King gave himself up to keep us all safe, it isn't your fault." The maid said gently.

"Then by that reasoning, it isn't any of your faults either." C-6 said.

"That's true." Gohan said softly, looking up.

"Then what should we do your Highness?" The chief guard asked.

"You don't have to call me that, just Gohan is fine." He said. "So what all happened?" Gohan asked. The chief guard explained everything that had happened.

"The girl on the cloud came to warn us I think." The guard added at the end of his report.

"So Umm who are you?" Gohan asked the little girl on the cloud, who was studying Gohan closely. Gohan's clothes were a dark purple,copying the look of his master, and he had a white cloak on that fluttered softly as he hovered to be eye level with her.

"Vi...vi...Videl... you are Mister Ox King's grandson?" She asked hopeful.

"Yup, that's me." Gohan said a little shyly as Videl began to stare at him even more intently. "That looks like the armor that my mommy used to wear according to my grandpa." Gohan added.

Videl nodded. "You're grandpa thought I needed some protection. He also said you were really powerful, but you're just a kid like me." Videl said, a little unconvinced. The residents of Fire Mountain gasped, thinking she had just made a grievous insult to the prince. The maid fainted from such rudeness, but was caught by a guard.

"Yeah, looks can be deceiving." Gohan said and smiled nervously, rubbing the back of his head before looking down at the floor to escape her gaze.

C-6 spun his body a little annoyed. "Young Gohan here is one of the strongest beings on the planet, in fact he could easily destroy the planet." C-6 said.

"What thats impossible, you're robot is broken. I mean your grandpa was impressive but destroying the world, that's just crazy." Videl said. C-6 steamed angrily.

"It's okay C-6, and he isn't broken. He also has a name, C-6." Gohan said.

"Wait so you think you're that powerful, okay, try to prove it." Videl said, crossing her arms.

"But I don't need to prove anything." Gohan said, pouting a little, but the look on her face encouraged him. He flew up into the air a little higher. "Okay, here's a sample." Gohan said nervously.

Not wanting to damage the castle or Fire Mountain, he powered up to just two percent of his max, though that was still stronger then when Vegeta turned into his Oozaru form on Earth. The mountain and castle shook a little as Gohan let out some of his power. His cloak blew upwards and everyone was pushed back a little. He quickly powered back down and landed beside Videl.

"That was terrifying, but also amazing, with your help we can rescue my daddy and your grandpa for sure." Videl said happily and stood up on Nimbus.

"Right we'll get them back... but umm I don't know where to start looking." Gohan said and started thinking as a shadow rose behind him.

"My prince lookout!" a guard yelled as badly damaged Bio Man had apparently woken up and slipped into the castle. Just before it could do a sneak attack on Gohan, Icarus tackled it and sliced off both its arms with his front claws and then head-butted it, knocking it out again.

"Woah thanks Icarus." Gohan said and pet him. Some of the guards quickly surrounded the creature.

"May I pet him too?" Videl asked. Gohan nodded and she pet him happily once Nimbus brought her close enough. "He reminds me of the baby dinosaurs at the zoo, he's so cute." Videl said and hugged Icarus as C-6 studied the Bio- Man.

"I'm detecting a few signals coming to and from this creature, if we take it to Bulma she might be able to trace it." C-6 suggested.

"Great idea." Gohan said.

"Then we will give him into your custody Prince Gohan. Now what would you have us do?" The Chief Guard asked.

"Hmm I don't know, maybe see if you can make repairs and be ready to defend the village in case these things attack again?" Gohan asked. The guards nodded. "Bye!" Gohan waved and started to fly away, but gagged as something pulled on his cloak. He looked back and saw Videl holding onto it.

"I'm coming with you." Videl said seriously.

"But it's dangerous." Gohan said.

"But it's my daddy!" Videl snapped back.

"Well if it was my daddy I guess I'd feel the same way, I can at least let you come talk to miss Bulma with me, but you'll have to ride Nimbus there." Gohan said.

"Yay, thank you Prince Gohan." She said and pulled him into a hug by tugging his cloak again.

"Uhh sure." Gohan said timidly and returned the hug, feeling a little embarrassed by the hug.

"Let's get going." He said, freeing himself from the hug. Videl nodded and giggled. C-6 grabbed the Bio-Man by the leg and took off, leading the way to Capsule Corp, with Gohan, Icarus and Videl riding on Nimbus following behind him. While at first Videl found flying so high terrifying, the beauty of the terrain below slowly calmed her. Her courage was lifted even higher as Gohan flew close on one side of her and Icarus the other. She began to smile, finding the moment purely magical, despite everything that had happened. On the way, Gohan had C-6 call ahead to Bulma to inform her of what they had learned and what their plan was.

Ox King slowly came to and shivered as an icy wind seemed to blow right through him. He vaguely saw the stars disappear as as he entered an ice covered cave. He heard what sounded like two massive doors being opened and then close as he was carried forward. The air got a little warmer. His eyes adjusted to see a dimly lit hallway. In front of him, an old man in a lab coat led the way, with a cane in one hand. "Put him with the others." Kochin ordered.

"Affirmative." The Bio Men replied and quickly flew Ox King to the containment area. Ox King was about to make his move when he was thrown into what appeared to be a large jar.

"This won't hold the Ox King." He grumbled, but froze, seeing the dim light reflect off of eight eyes. After a blur of motion he found himself wrapped up in a webbing like substance. He tried to struggle but then was electrocuted. "Gah!" Ox King shouted in pain.

"Resistance is futile." A bio man said.

"Indubitably." A voice above them hissed in agreement. The jar Ox King was in was filled with a strange liquid that filled up to his neck. It began to solidify, leaving Ox King thoroughly trapped.

"Containment completed." Another Bio Man reported to Kochin. Ox King glanced around the room he was in. There were four other jars with occupants like him. He easily recognized Oolong in the one right beside his as they were left alone. One left him confused, as it appeared to be a broken robot that looked like a monster from an old horror movie.

"So they got you too big guy?" Oolong asked.

"Yup." Ox King replied. "Who else are we locked up with?" Ox King asked.

"Chief over there is Bora, Upa's father. The broken mess is Eighter, both are friends of Goku. The other one is Hercule, he's been freaking out more than even me." Oolong chuckled.

"Hey I'm worried about my kid porky." Hercule snapped.

"She's safe. She's with my grandson, I'm sure he'll rescue us along with Upa." Ox King said.

"My Videl, you met her?" Hercule asked and yawned. A fine powder had begun to fall from above them, putting all of them to sleep.

Kochin made his way over to a massive wall in the underground laboratory. "Have you finally brought me someone I can actually use and not just under cooked bacon this time?" A voice boomed.

"Yes, yes, much stronger then the other two fighters I brought too." Kochin replied humbly.

"Apparently, he destroyed half our store of Bio Men." The booming voice echoed again.

"Yes, a testament to his strength indeed. Also no need to worry sir. Those Gen 1 Bio Men will soon be outdated with the Gen 2s. The loss is insignificant surely." Kochin said.

"Tell me Kochin... did you bother to listen in to the Bio Man that rebooted?" The voice asked again. More lights began turning on in the lab. Kochin shook his head and remained silent. "No? Well I did and I learned of one who is even stronger then the ones you captured combined, no even multiplied together. Currently he is headed for Capsule Corp. We need to prepare for his arrival." The voice said again as the wall Kochin was facing lit up more, revealing a massive brain surrounded by liquid behind a glass dome in the wall.

"Yes Dr. Wheelo, whatever you think is best." Kochin said quickly, looking up at the brain.

"Send the remaining Gen 1 Bio Men to attack Capsule Corp, that should provide the delay we require. In the mean time we need to prepare." Dr. Wheelo said before the room went off again, concealing the brain in darkness. Kochin had the remaining Bio Men fly to Capsule Corp. headquarters.

Bulma was busy constructing a device to help Gohan when she heard Kami's voice ringing in her head. "Umm yes, kinda busy here." Bulma muttered as she continued working.

"Sorry, I just thought you might like to know that those things that attacked Fire Mountain are heading towards your home right now. I also informed Moori." Kami replied calmly.

"What? Launch get the new weapons I made you." Bulma yelled as she activated her home defenses and grabbed a hand gun she had made. The urgency in Bulma's voice caused Launch to leap into action without question.

"I'm guessing them things you said attacked Ox King are coming here? We'll be ready. I'm looking forward to testing my new toys." Blond Launch giggled as she put on a modified scouter Bulma had made on. Launch put on some leg and arm armor that looked similar to the arm guns the Frieza Force uses. She grabbed a packet of capsules containing several new weapons Bulma had made. Finally she put on what looked like brass knuckles on her right hand. She activated one of the capsules to let out what looked similar to a sniper rifle. Her scouter lit up showing the direction the threat was coming from.

"Yeah, how long till they get here?" Bulma asked.

"Now." She heard Kami and Launch's voice together, followed by the muffled sound of Launch firing her weapon.

About three stadiums away, a figure fell out of the sky, having been shot with some form of small energy blast right in the head. Another Bio Man was taken out by Launch's sniping before the remaining Bio Men took evasive actions as they got in range of Bulma's defenses. Learning from the experience of the other Bio Men, these ones took the defenses seriously and went about methodically destroying each one while moving too fast to be tracked by the turrets. Witnessing half her lightning turrets getting destroyed swayed Bulma into action. She used her telekinetic powers she was still learning to try and hold one of the creatures in place. She barely managed to hold it for a second, but that was all the remaining turrets needed to lock on and blast it with torrents of electricity. The creature fell out of the sky dead. "Ha take that!" Bulma said, proud of her work, but her pride faded as she realized one had turned their sights on her. She quickly fumbled for her gun and shot it as the creature dived for her. The Bio Man barely managed to dodge the blast and then snatched the gun from her hand. The creature pushed her down and looked at the gun curiously.

"Not a threat without your toys?" The Bio Man asked, it's red beady eyes staring at her.

"My greatest weapon is my mind." Bulma countered, noticing the creature was holding the gun towards its leg. With just a slight movement of her fingers the gun went off, shooting a beam straight through the creature's knee, causing it to let go of the gun. However instead of falling the gun spun around and pointed at the Bio Man's head. It let out a screech of fear as the gun went off again. Bulma let out a deep breath as she ended her concentration. The gun and creature fell to the ground motionless. She froze as a Bio Man grabbed her shoulder from behind.

"You are to be captured." It said but was then telekinetically thrown into a wall behind her.

"Masenko." She heard and turned in time to see a yellow Ki blast vaporize her attacker. The trail the attack left led back to Dende. "Are you alright miss Bulma?" He asked concerned.

"Yes and it seems your training with the others is paying off... wait what about Launch?" Bulma asked worried.

"She's fine, I didn't come alone." Dende said smiling.

Launch managed to snipe one more as she waited for it to appear to destroy the last turret before her sniping location was discovered. The first one to reach her was greeted with an energized punch from the advanced brass knuckles she had made with Bulma's help. She then threw a grenade into the air that activated a weak gravity field, drawing a cluster of the creatures together before it exploded, destroying all of them. She opened another capsule revealing what looked like a tommy gun. She used it to fire a barrage of energy blasts, forcing the remaining Bio Men to have to take up defensive stances.

"That won't stop us." One said as the gun over heated and she had to stop firing.

"I know that, it's called cover fire you morons." Launch yelled out. The Bio Men barely had time to contemplate her response before being blindsided by the Namekian warriors that had come with Dende. Thanks to Launch's distraction it only took the warriors seconds to dispatch the remaining Bio Men.

"Took you long enough didn't it?" Bulma asked.

"Sorry, but it looked like your friend was having fun, we didn't want to spoil it until it was clear she was making an opening for us." One of the warriors said.

"Gotta admit Bulms, it was the perfect opportunity for some testing." Launch said smiling.

"Fine fine, at least I don't need to wait on Gohan and the others anymore. I can use one of those creatures to trace the signal." Bulma said and got to work on her device again as the warriors helped clean up the mess.

"Well that went well Kochin, now they will find us even sooner." Wheelo said sarcastically.

"Not to worry sir, those were expendable losses, though it does seem like they were warned ahead of time of our attack." Kochin said, trying to make an excuse.

"They did seem ready, that does not bode well for us... searching the database for possible answers." Wheelo said and spoke up again after a moment's pause. "Aha Fortuneteller Baba appears to be the most likely way for them to have received a warning. I never put much stock into rumors but after an exhaustive search that appears to be the most logical answer." Wheelo said.

"So we should seek to eliminate her?" Kochin asked.

"Why waste a potential asset, let us capture her for our own uses." Wheelo said.

"Aha yes brilliant Dr. Wheelo, positively brilliant. I'll send out our gen 2 prototype Bio Man inside a missile for a rapid deployment. The others are merely an hour from being completed as is." Kochin said.

"Make it so." Wheelo replied. Kochin entered in a few commands and a missile fired off and headed south, it's payload a creature that was about half as strong as Vegeta was when he landed on Earth the first time.

Meanwhile, Upa had lost the trail of those that took his father. He pounded his fist against a pine tree, snow fell off its branches. "I... I can't lose you again father." He mumbled, feeling as though he had failed his father. His thoughts turned to the first time he had lost his father because of the Red Ribbon Army. The long process of gathering the dragon balls, culminating with getting the last one from Fortune Teller Baba. Upa snapped to attention. "Why didn't I think of her sooner?" He asked himself before blasting of towards Baba's Palace, knowing the fortune teller could give him what he needed to know, but would she was the real question.

On his way there, Upa spotted a rocket fly over head. He got worried when he noticed the trajectory of it went towards Baba's Palace. He flew as fast as he could in case they needed help. Baba was sitting on her mystic orb when she noticed the tea in her cup began to shake.

"Hehe, one minute off." She said and began gathering energy in her free hand. She shot a beam at the rocket, blowing it up. From the explosion a streak of white flew out. The white colored gen 2 Bio Man landed at the front of the palace, sending a line of customers scrambling away for safety. Baba floated out on her ball to face it. "It'll be ten million Zeni for a fortune." She said as her monster fighters got in place.

"You are to be taken back to my master, resistance is futile." The Bio Man said.

"I doubt that very much." Baba smiled creepily and tilted her witch's hat some. She barely nodded. The Bio Man felt an invisible hand grab his arm. His legs were wrapped up in rags as a mummy appeared. Then a bat flew from its perch and swooped down at him, changing into a vampire, grabbing his other arm. Baba used her magic to further hold the creature in place as a shadow loomed over it. "Meet See-Through, Bandages and Fangs. Oh and also the one about to end your tale, Spike." She said as the Bio Man saw the owner of the shadow, a blue devil.

"Devilmite Beam." Spike shouted and shot a beam at the Bio Man, but nothing happened. "What? This abomination has no soul, no free will, it's just a puppet." Spike growled. The Bio Man let out an explosion around itself, knocking all the fighters back and Baba off her crystal ball. Before the Bio Man could take another step though it was blindsided by a roundhouse kick from Upa as he landed. Upa then leaped into the air and shot off four arrows from his bow in quick succession, pinning each one of the limbs of the Bio Man to the ground.

"Where's my father creature?" Upa demanded as he landed beside it. Now unable to move the Bio Man had but one option, to self destruct. "No dang it." Upa said grabbing his shield and pushing down on the Bio Man with it, driving the creature into the ground to contain the explosion. The ground shook as the creature detonated. Upa flew out of the hole he made uninjured.

"Thank you young man for helping us, but you've made a mess of my yard." Baba said angrily, now back on her crystal ball.

"Apologies Fortuneteller Baba." Upa said politely and bowed some. "The kind of creature that tried to take you, they also took my father, Bora. I was hoping you could tell me where they took him?" Upa asked.

"Ah yes, Upa is your name yes? I could be persuaded to do so. However it seems my fighters need to improve substantially given your power and of that creature you took out. Find me another fighter and train the others some in exchange?" She asked.

"Deal." Upa said.

"Good, good... then follow me." Baba said and led him into her palace.

As Baba used her magic to find the location of Bora, Bulma finally managed to get a lock on the signals coming to and from the Bio Men. She quickly contacted C-6. "Message from Bulma Gohan, she has found the origin of the signal and hopefully the captives. The signal leads to some mountains far north, I have the coordinates." C-6 said.

"Great, lead the way." Gohan said and began following him along with Icarus and Videl on Nimbus.

"They now know our location, and our prototype has been destroyed." Kochin said worried as they listened in through the Bio Man Bulma was working on.

"You are getting in a habit of stating the obvious Mister Kochin." Wheelo said.

"Apologies." Kochin said.

"No matter, and do not fear my dear Kochin, I have a plan, check the monitor for your script, we can lure in this Gohan without them taking any time to plan." Wheelo said as Kochin skimmed the script.

"Excellent sir, want me to allow Bulma to overhear us now?" He asked.

"Indeed." Wheelo replied as Bulma continued to study the Bio Man. It's eyes glowed briefly causing Bulma to jump back in fear, but then she heard voices coming from it. "So everything is ready?" She heard Wheelo's voice ask.

"Indeed sir, in mere minutes we will have the captives under your control permanently. Then our invasive experimentation on them can truly begin." Kochin said cackling. Bulma's eyes got big hearing the conversation. The Bio Man's eyes flashed again and the voices stopped. Bulma went into full blown panic.

"This is terrible!" She cried out and began to call Gohan. Dende, Launch and Nappa came to her to see what the commotion was about. Hearing her cry out was enough to peak Vegeta's curiosity. "Come on come on, pick up." Bulma said nervously.

"Miss Bulma, I have you on speaker." C-6 said as he came to a stop along with the others that were flying. Bulma quickly explained what she had overheard through the Bio Man, those with her listened in as well. Deciding they no longer needed the Bio Man he was carrying, C-6 dropped the creature unceremoniously into the sea below them.

"That's sick." Launch said after Bulma finished explaining.

"I cannot waste any time, Nimbus take her to Korrin and call for Kami, go with her Icarus." Gohan said. Before Videl could protest the Nimbus shot off with her towards Korrin's Tower. Icarus nudged Gohan gently before flying after her. "Hold on C-6." Gohan said as he grabbed him. "Thanks for the warning Bulma." Gohan added before flying off as fast as he could muster as he drug C-6 behind him.

"We gotta help them." Launch said.

"Of course we do." Bulma said and typed in a few commands into her computer. On Frieza's ship, the center section on the top floated upwards revealing a small escape vessel that looked like a miniature version of Frieza's ship. It hovered just above Capsule Corp. "The fastest way to get there is to use the ship I've summoned above us." Bulma said.

"I'm coming too, somebody might need healing." Dende said.

"You two free loaders coming?" Launch asked Nappa and Vegeta. Vegeta only growled in response.

"It has been getting a bit boring doin nothin." Nappa said.

"Tch, if these creatures were trounced by just the Namekians than they aren't even worth my time. Do what you want Nappa." Vegeta said and walked away.

"Hey I don't answer to you anymore." Nappa grumbled, mostly to himself as Vegeta had already left.

"Well if you're coming come on then." Bulma said already out the door with Launch and Dende. She led them on to the ship.

"Aha well done, magnificent acting Kochin." Wheelo said, pleased their ploy worked. "Now let us finalize our trap." Wheelo added. While he and Kochin continued their plotting, Ox King began to wake up. He tried to move but found himself still trapped in a jar.

"Hey, any of you awake yet?" Ox King asked.

"Here." Bora said drowsily.

"Uhh I'm awake to you know." Hercule said, the fear clear in his voice.

"Hey Oolong... Oolong." Ox King said.

"Yup I'm up I'm up." He said softly.

"I can sense my grandson coming here, as well as someone else pretty strong. But these lunatics play dirty, if we're used as hostages no telling what they'd make us do." Ox King said softly.

"So we must escape." Bora said. "Machine man, can you do anything?" Bora asked Eighter.

"My name is Eighter, and unfortunately they did a lot of damage to me after I surrendered. They threatened to hurt my friend unless I complied." Eighter said. "If I was undamaged though I could free all of us." He said. Ox King perked up, getting an idea.

"Oolong, I heard you used to turn into a robot to threaten people?" Ox King asked.

"That was a while back but yeah." Oolong said nervously.

"Could you turn into a copy of Eighter and free us? Maybe turn into something smaller so you can get free first?" Ox King asked.

"Hey not a bad idea big guy." Oolong said. Oolong vanished in a puff of smoke, turning into an earthworm. He slipped his slippery body out of the webbing and the liquid that had solidified before getting free. He then turned into a copy of Eighter. With a single flick, Oolong shattered the glass jars, and then cracked open the solidified gel leaving only the webbing holding the others. Another change into wire cutters and everyone was free, leaving Oolong a bit exhausted. "That's it for the shifting for a while fellas." He said.

"That was amazing, thank you very much mister piggy." Hercule said as Bora helped the damaged Eighter stand.

"It's Oolong, so what now boss?" The pig asked Ox King. The king rubbed his beard thinking.

"How's about returning to your places?" Kochin asked with a wicked grin.

"Oh no!" Hercule panicked along with Oolong, while Ox King got ready for a fight.

"No, on second thought I'm sure you'd all be much better suited to testing out our new versions of the Bio Men, that aught to please Dr. Wheelo." Kochin said.

"Wait... Wheelo?" Bora asked, the name jogging a memory of a story his father's father passed down.

"Yes, now have fun... blow them into the abyss." Kochin said as he pressed a button on his cane, revealing a large hole in the floor behind them.

"Sir yes sir, sir yes sir." A parrot like voice repeated before a mighty gust of wind hit the group, knocking them backwards into the hole. Only Hercule managed to grab at the floor with one hand to keep from falling.

"No dilly dallying, science and humanity with it push onwards." Kochin said looking down at him, before stabbing Hercules hand with the bottom of his staff, causing Hercule to fall down the shaft with the others. Kochin cackled and returned back to Wheelo in time to see Gohan land on the snowy landscape above them thanks to a monitor hooked up to a hidden camera. "Your plan worked then, good." Kochin said as he watched Gohan and the robot look around. He then spotted a third character land nearby. "That's the boy that defeated our drone at Baba's Palace, interesting." Kochin said.

"No matter." Wheelo said.

Meanwhile Bulma laid in a course to take her to where Gohan, C-6 and Upa now were. Shooting up into orbit in order for them to come back down for a landing to save time rather than using the atmospheric thrusters to get there was quite the surprise for Launch. The quick ascent caused her to sneeze, changing into Blue Launch. Dende caught her up to speed with telepathic messaging. "Wow poor Gohan, though I wonder... if we could hear them, could they hear us?" She asked

Bulma tensed. "Oh no, Gohan." She said worried and called C-6. "Gohan I'm so sorry, I think it's a trap, it's a trap, wait for us!" She said desperately into a speaker. Unfortunately C-6 was getting poor reception. Gohan only heard trap as Wheelo activated it. There was a thunderous pop as a nearby snow mound opened up. Beneath them a large depressurized cavity had been opened, the suction pulling Gohan, C-6 and Upa towards the opening. Reacting quickly, Gohan sent a blast out at C-6 and Upa, pushing them free of the force that was pulling him down. Instead of fighting against it, Gohan charged forward charging an energy blast as he flew down a shaft. C-6 and Upa felt the ground shake as Gohan fired it. Unfortunately the rest of the trap wasn't ahead, but behind Gohan. The shaft he was in filled with water quickly, followed by torrents of lightning as the water got colder and colder. By the time the current of water had brought Gohan to the end of the shaft and pouring him out onto a floor with drains in it, he was unconscious. Before Upa and C-6 could even get back up the opening had been covered once again in a pile of snow and ice.

"We missed two." Kochin noted.

"Send three of the sixteen Gantlai Aniyowisgi to deal with them." Wheelo said.

"Ah yes, a perfect chance to test our Bio Warriors." Kochin agreed and sent three out to deal with Upa and C-6. C-6 and Upa were desperately trying to clear the snow away from where Gohan had vanished when they noticed some shadows loom over them. Just as Upa looked up a bright flash hurled at him. He jumped back to avoid the attack with C-6. Three creatures stepped forward through the steam. The center one was massive, at least twice the size of Nappa as it stood on two strong legs. It seemed a mix match of dinosaurs, it's power was roughly equal to Upa's. To the right of the dragon like creature was a chimera of mammals. The head of an elephant with the eyes of a tiger. It's build of a gorilla with both of its feet ended in hooves. It's power about three fourths of Upa's while the third creature was only half. The third creature looked even more terrifying, a hammer head shark that seemed to float in the air. It grinned a wicked grin, showing rows of sharp teeth as it flicked its fins, revealing long barbs coming out that resembled the tails of stingrays. Electricity danced across the creature's scales.

"Chondrich, you can have the robot, leave the fleshy thing to me to play with." The dragon like creature said with a gravelly voice.

"Some excitement, I'm positively electrified with excitement." Chondrich, the shark replied before engaging C-6 in battle.

"And what am I supposed to do Sauric?" The other creature asked the bigger one.

"Stay out of my way and enjoy the show Malian." Sauric replied with a growl before flinging his spiked club tail at Upa which narrowly missed. He followed it up with several punches and a head bash, from his triceratops like head. Upa barely evading the attacks.

"Seems I'm a bit faster and you're untrained." Upa said and dodged a swipe from a massive claw, landing on Sauric's out stretched arm. He ran up the arm and landed a devastating drop kick, knocking the hulking creature down. Upa followed it up by shooting a few Ki arrows at it. Sauric turned over so the attacks would hit his armored back. They did little more than leave a few scratches. "You certainly are durable though." Upa said and dodged another strike from Sauric's tail as the creature got up.

"Help?" C-6 asked as the robot got hit with Chondrich's electrical whips. C-6 was then slammed by the creature's tail into a snow pile.

"Enough!" Upa said angrily as he dodged more hits from Sauric and charged a Kamihamiha Arrow while doing so. He let it loose at Sauric's face, knocking the creature over and leaving a deep cut across his face. Upa took off to fight the shark but was hit with a sonic blast. Upa fell down and covered his ears in pain as Malian grabbed Upa around the neck with his trunk.

"Forgot me." Malian said and delivered two quick shots to Upa's gut before throwing him down. Before Upa could get up, his arm was grabbed by Sauric's tail. He squeezed hard, crushing the bones in Upa's arms before flinging him at C-6. Sauric followed it up with a mouth blast.

"That takes care of that." Sauric said.

"You still needed my help." Malian pointed out. Sauric growled and the pair glared at each other as only siblings in a rivalry can.

"Can't this wait, it's bloody cold out here." Chondrich complained.

Meanwhile Nimbus had finally brought Videl to Korin's tower, along with Icarus. "Umm hello, Kami?" She asked.

"The names Korin kid, Kami is the guy upstairs." Korin said chuckling as his cat tail flicked back and forth. Videl watched the talking cat with big eyes without talking. "Kid?" Korin asked.

"You're so fuzzy and cute!" Videl cried out and jumped off Nimbus and hugged him. She scratched under his chin causing him to purr loudly.

"Enough stop that kid." Korin grumbled getting free. "Why are you here?" He asked. Before she could answer, another voice spoke up.

"She's here for me." Kami said, floating in the air behind him.

"Monster." Videl whimpered and hid behind Korin. Kami pouted some, a little hurt.

"Far from it kid, this here is the guardian of Earth, Kami." Korin explained.

"Wait Kami? I was supposed to give you a message." She said timidly and told Kami what Bulma had told Gohan before he left with C-6, while still hiding behind Korin.

"Hmm I see, I do have something that can help, but it will take time for me to get. In the meantime there is something you and Icarus must do. About a century ago, I locked away an evil that was trying to twist nature to fulfill his own misguided plans. I locked him in never melting ice. I thought he would have died of old age but it seems he found a way to live beyond his allotted years. I fear the ice I used to lock him away now may be providing protection for him. The only way to melt it would be with a magical fire, fortunately we have someone here that has just that." Kami said and patted Icarus's head. Icarus wagged his tail and licked Kami's cheek, causing Videl to giggle. She nodded in understanding.

"But how can we get there?" She asked.

"Nimbus can take you, but I'm going to give the cloud a little boost to ensure you get there in time." Kami said and placed his hand on the cloud after summoning it to him. It was a little difficult but he did manage to unlock the cloud's potential. The Nimbus thundered with power.

"Fascinating." Korin said watching as Kami helped Videl back onto the Nimbus, after a moment of hesitation from her. He then directed Icarus to get on too.

"You have a good heart and show much promise child. If you really want to learn martial arts then return to this tower and climb it after this matter has been handled." Kami said to her and gently patted her shoulder.

"You really think so, daddy says fighting isn't for little girls." She said softly.

"In all things you must be true to yourself first." Kami said and smiled gently. "Now let's see exactly where Nimbus needs to take you." He said and closed his eyes to focus to sense where they needed to go. He saw that Upa was in trouble.

As the three creatures argued, Upa saw his chance to escape. He discreetly pulled out an arrow with his good arm. He used it to throw a flash bang arrow at the Bio Warriors. They grunted in pain as they were blinded and their ears rang. Upa hopped up and grabbed C-6 to try and make a break for it. However Chondrich was able to sense the electrical signals coming from both of them. He aimed, getting ready to shoot electricity at both of them. "They're under my protection." Chondrich heard a voice in his head as the cloud suddenly grew dark overhead. A tremendous lightning bolt crashed down upon them, stunning Malian and Sauric. Chondrich's senses were overwhelmed with the amount of electrical currents around them, allowing Upa and C-6 to get away. Realizing they had escaped, Kochin ordered the three to return at once.

Kami opened his eyes again after his moment of intervention. "You need to go quickly." Kami said before picking up Korin and placing him on the cloud. "They'll need help." He explained and unlocked the cat's potential before Korin could even react and sending Nimbus off with its three passengers to where Upa was. Kami flew back up to the lookout.

Bulma used C-6 to find where Upa was. She landed the ship near them just as Nimbus arrived with its three passengers too.

Gohan winced some as he awoke, a biting pain at the back of his neck. "Ahh good, you're awake." A threatening voice said.

"Who's there?" Gohan asked. The lights in the tank holding Wheelo's brain lit up.

"You can call me Dr. Wheelo." Wheelo said.

"Who are you and where's my grandpa and the others you took?" Gohan asked.

"As for myself I'm a scientist. As for the others I wouldn't worry as soon you won't even remember them, for you see your body is what I'll use to guide my creations to bring order to this world." Wheelo said. Gohan gulped, his face paling as he struggled in vain to get free off a table he was strapped to. Gohan found his strength faded though and was unable to free himself.

(How will young Gohan escape the clutches of the evil Dr. Wheelo? Find out next time.

Seems it'll be a few more chapters till Trunks shows up, i didn't want to make this chapter too long. I've also got to cover a few space adventures and Garlic before then. Any who, thanks for reading. Stay safe and healthy people, and keep your heads on right.)