Romulus stood in his spot. He could no longer feel Gohan or anyone else for that matter. He went to tap his helmet to radio his ship but suddenly found his helmet gone.

His black mask and armor disappeared, and he was left naked. His scarred and bruised flesh brought to the open air. His face looked a little panicked. He was very unsure of what was happening.

A voice he had never heard before but knew rang out behind him "Son." It was soft and sad. Romulus turned his head and looked at man who spoke those words.

He was a three-eyed man with black eyes. He was bald and wearing a green crane school gi. His face was white like the man was nervous or scared to have this meeting. He was the same height as Romulus. Compared to Romulus his skin was flawless, he had scars but nowhere at Romulus level.

Romulus faced showed no emotion as he stated, "I think I've seen you before or at least your skull."

"You know who I am?"

Romulus shook his head "No not really. I don't even really have a name for you. You're just a skull in his collection."

"Then you knew you weren't his…"

Romulus cut him off "I have three eyes like you. I'm not blind. I figured it out many years ago. Practically confirmed when he forced me to marry Livy."

Tien confused "You follow him even though he killed me? What he did to our family?"

Romulus coldly "Our family is it? Who are you? He is my father not you. Your skull wasn't in the trophy room. No, you were in the betrayer's pile in a chest hidden away. Few people truly understand my father, but I think I have better look then most into his mind. He wanted few to see your skull. He won't wax nostalgic about killing you. In a way you're like a failure that made him doubt his instincts. It's not so much guilt but something else. You made him question his judgement. A friend that turned on him."

"He was a monster who needed to be stopped."

Romulus was trembling with rage "He was your friend. He would have sparred you but no you had to get yourself killed on some sort of principle. You probably got her killed too. You thought you were a hero but No, you were just bump in road. I heard the name Bulma yelled 'Kunlun'. Is that who you came here to meet ghost? Your dead son that I killed. But I can't give myself all the credit for you truly made it happen. I'm Romulus Gero the son of god of war, Kakarrot Gero's son not Kunlun Shinhan. I'm a killer and I'm death's hand in the universe. Don't weep ghost for your dead son for he would have be weak like you and died just as pointlessly. You came here for tears and I will glad give you all that I care to shed, but my eyes are dry. Leave for you were never with me."

Tien shook his head he could feel the hate in his son's heart that made him feel unreachable. "Your wrong my son. Your mother and I are always with you and apart of you."

Romulus pointed to his scars "Then you can see my hard work to cut you out of me."

Tien had no response to him but to simply fade back into the fog.

Romulus spat his eyes filled with rage "See it was the only thing I gather you were good at. I will not be turned by you or this world. I'm Romulus Gero future Emperor. If I kill Bulma and Chi-Chi all traces of Kunlun will disappear forever, and I will be what I wish to be." Said as his armor, cape a helm came back upon his body.

He tapped his helmet and said back in his robotic voice "Alert all commands they escaped but with Tarble. Use every resource available to find them. NOW!"

Gohan did his best to sleep on the mats provided but it wasn't happening not with the smells of the camp and children rolling around next to him or Bulma's snoring.

They where in one room but Tarble. Gohan had never really thought about who shelter he was in this one moment. Not once did he not sleep on mattress before now or share room with non-family. It never occurred to him that he hadn't suffered any sort of hardship while in this shack in the middle of a refugee camp.

His mother and even Bulma seemed adjust but he knew he wasn't. The only other person managing was dad. He had elected to be the guard for the night. He watched out of the hole that made up the window.

There wasn't a light in the house but the nearby city blinding light lite the area out to the point that day and night were very hard to distinguish.

Gohan had wanted to ask his mother a question but there had been no time in all of this. Softly and quietly he asked Bill "Whose Kunlun?"

Bill equally as softly "Couldn't sleep huh?" (Gohan nodded not that Bill could see him.) "Son of her friends Tien and Launch. Tien was Kakarrot's ally until he grew a conscience poor him and fell in love with Launch one of Chi-Chi fellow students at the Turtle school. The two had a kid and here he is. Calling the man who killed his family father. Probably better I told you. It's a sore wound I'm sure."

"Like Videl."

"I see the way you look at her. I get it son, but you understand right? That just because you want her to be something better than she is right now, won't mean she will be."

Gohan frowned "Dad why don't you have any faith anymore?"

Bill smiled "Alright my bad. I should remember that the last thing any child wants to hear is a parent talking bad about there their paramour, lord knows I hated when…" He trailed off as his smiled turn to an empty sort of look.

"You know dad if you every want to talk about that I'm here and if not me I'm sure Mai will talk about it with you."

"Wounds don't always heal nor should they. Somethings are never going to going to be alright. I don't think talking about will help or make me feel any better."

"Mom said talking about problems makes you feel better."

Bill snapped back "And how did that turn out?"

It stung a little but Gohan got the point he didn't want to talk about it.

Bill quickly said "Sorry." Gohan knew his apology was genuine. His dad had rarely raised his voice or even had a mean thing to say to him, but this was a bridge too far.

"No, I am. I shouldn't have pushed it."

"Just try to get to sleep."

Gohan tried to get to sleep but failed sort of. His sleep was interrupted. His dreams that night was rough and filled with Videl and this Romulus. Videl was suffering and in trouble but Romulus was in the way somehow stopping him even though he was weaker. It made no sense.

Morning came and Tarble came in "Alright time to get breakfast."

Trunks rubbing his eyes asked "What?"

"What? Do you see any refrigerators or freezers? No, we got some hunting and gathering to do."

Gohan despite being tired jump up at this excited his tail wagging "Really!?"

"See I knew there was some more Saiyan in you boy then just the tail." (He looked at Chi-Chi.) "You are coming along?"

Chi-Chi while getting to her feet "Of course. At uncle Gohan place there wasn't much else to do but hunt and forage."

Gohan turned to Bill and asked him "Dad are you coming?"

"Nah. I'm sticking around here with Mai and Bulma. Besides Gohan I don't think he'll be using a rifle, so I don't think I'll be needed."

"Good less dead weight we need to carry." The two men glared at each other.

Bulma rolled her eyes at the exchange "I don't have time for you boys and your emotions. I think it's good too I need you and Mai to help me with my little project. Tarble? Can you point me in the direction of a spot with plenty scrap metal and room to place the ship?"

Tarble nodded "Yeah I can do that. Provided that you guys watch the kids."

Mai stretched her arms "I can do that."

"Good. Kiddos it looks like my friend Mai here will be watching you instead of auntie Terla."

Tarble shows them to the junk yard that is close to his house were waste of the city ends up where their refugee camp was built. Bulma throws down the capsule at an open spot,

Bill looking around out loud states "I can see why the former slaves hate this UPA. They treat the needy like this?"

"Better than in the city when my people get spat on and told to go home. To the natives we're the same as the vermin. I learned that it isn't just the Empire that bigoted and cruel."

"More things change… Same shit happened on Earth. We have a bright and shining future to look forward too after this. Killing him won't be enough."

"True but it'll make me feel better." (To Bulma.) "Use anything you want. I'd please like my arm sooner rather than later."

Tarble group took off. In mid-air Tarble "Okay non-Saiyan's I'll show you a grove where you can pick some fruit while me and Gohan are going to go and hunt some on the local wildlife."

Trunks indignant "We're going to pick fruit?"

"Yeah, and get ready to make multiple trips too. We have got an entire camp to feed. You'll find some baskets. Normally this would take a while but thanks to you guys I'll have some more time for training today." He pointed down and Chi-Chi lead Trunks to the grove as he was hesitant.

Tarble landed on a mountain overlooking a herd of some bison looking creatures. Gohan landed right next to him.

Tarble looking over the scene "So you hunted with rifles."

"Well yeah."

"Even with your power?"

"Yeah."

"But you missed."

"Yeah."

Tarble smiled "You weren't that bad of a shot, were you."

Gohan sighed and nodded "Well yeah."

"Didn't want to kill anything but wanted to spend time with your dad."

"Yeah, but why do you ask."

"Nostalgia, I think. Just sounds familiar that's all."

"Why was I having a hard time with Romulus?"

"You mean how you lost to him."

"I didn't lose to him."

"But you were losing. It's simple you're not half as experienced as Romulus. You haven't spent every single moment like him thinking about battle like he has. You were stronger than him, but it didn't matter. Your mom may have trained you, but you are no warrior." (Tarble pointed his finger, and a beam went through one of the creature's head.) "You see an animal and you see a living being. I see food enough to feed a hundred of my people or one of me. You see stormtroopers and you see a man with a family with children, a mother and father with a wife. I see a man trying to kill me and my people. You don't kill, I do. Sorry to tell you this but you count more than that animal of the four-legged or to legged variety. If you want, you and your mother to live you going to have to pull the Kami-damn trigger."

Romulus in the 'Faith' was kneeling at the feet of the holographic Emperor. Kakarrot was sitting in his throne as he stared at him. Kakarrot's face was resting at the side on his fist.

"So, I'm to understand that you countermanded my orders and lost the targets."

"Father I…"

Kakarrot smashed his other fist breaking the steel arm rest he yelled "Did I say you can speak! I've entrusted you with this important task to make sure that in the future a man with a claim to our empire isn't lose in the galaxy. To tie up all the loose ends right before we finish a twenty-year war. And you chose to ignore my orders. Your ordered you people to kill Chi-Chi my wife and kill Bulma an important resource to the war effort. I would expect this from Remus or Gracchus not from you. I trusted you, but you betrayed that trust. Should I be giving this to Livy? Now you can speak."

"I'm sorry..."

Kakarrot rolled his eyes and interrupted him "Take off that mask and look me in the eyes when you give me a me-damn apology."

Romulus took off his mask this blue hair on display to the room not to Kakarrot. Romulus was glad of the lack of color as he didn't want his father to see his crying red eyes. He looked less a terror of the universe and more like a crying child scared of his father. His head turned up to look at Kakarrot.

"I'm so sorry father. I never meant to undermined you or our goals. I acted rashly and in hast. It was a temporary lapse in judgement father it will never happen again."

Kakarrot practically spat out his words "Temporary lapse huh! Perhaps you wish to kill another one of you brothers that was stronger than you out of spite." (Romulus shook his head but didn't speak as it would only make the situation worse.) "No this is too important for you to handle on your own. I was considering send you Livy and put her in charge of this but that would be too cruel for this situation. No instead I'm punishing you by sending you Remus. Perhaps the two of your old bonds will come in handy. Now know this, one more fuck up and I'll make Livy your better in my will."

The transmission ended, and Romulus collapsed to the ground and crawled at the floor in a mix of sadness and rage. He knew someone had told his father about this incident.

Gohan was sitting cross-legged as Tarble circled around. It was afternoon after they had gotten done feed the people. Super Saiyan training had now begun.

"Now Gohan this power I have comes for a need not a desire. I gain it because I needed to save my people from him, and it came out. Now I think both of us to prefer that you aren't brought to that point in that way. So, what I'm going to need you to try and image it and feel it. You got to try and believe in your mind that your seeing Romulus or Kakarrot killing your mom, your dad everybody. I can train you but your stronger than I was when I changed. So, I think you can change now you just need to focus."

"One question sensei?" (Tarble sighed at that but he continued.) "How did you compare to him when you transformed."

Tarble shook his head "I did stand a chance in hell. He was far beyond Super Saiyan at that point. I scratched him; I think. His smile is what got to me. It was just so damn funny to him that they were dying. All of it was one big joke to him as he ripped them apart. I looked in his eyes and I saw empty blackness. I saw him play the screams of children as if it were a laugh track. There's nothing there. Nothing just blackness and promise that nothing would stop him from continuing. He is just pure kami-damn evil here to make others suffer Gohan who will hurt everyone you know or care about for a laugh. Can you try and visualize that?"

"I can try."

Tarble shook his head "There is no try here Gohan do or experience it for real like I had to."

Gohan closed his eyes and nodded his eyes try to image the man that had done all of this to Tarble and Chi-Chi.

Now as a response to everyone last time. Gohan hasn't been in a desperate fight since he was a child before all of this and Romulus was trained by Kakarrot who trained with both Shen and Tien, and has been fighting all of his adult life.