Chapter 2









Meanwhile in a clearing about ten miles from the forest...

"Masenko-HA!" Gohan and his father, Goku, were in the middle of an intense sparring session. It wasn't very often that they were able to have one, since Gohan was always busy teaching. Goku swatted the blast his son threw at him away. He then rushed at Gohan and they began to throw a fury of kicks and punches at blinding speeds. Just then they both stopped inches from the other's jaw.

"Did you hear that," Gohan asked, lowering his guard.

"It sounded like someone calling for help," Goku replied, doing the same. He stood there in mid-air, concentrating. "I'm picking up ki signatures that aren't human. That person that we heard may be in serious danger. Let's go!"

They put their spar on hold and flew off toward the forest. On the way there, they heard someone else cry out as if they were in severe pain. "I'll go check that out, Tousan, you go on ahead," Gohan called out veering off to the left. He flew for a while longer until he saw a young man lying on the ground. He landed near the body cautiously checking to see if there was anyone around. As Gohan knelt down, he noticed that the young man would slightly twitch every now and then. He found a pulse, but it was very weak. 'I've got to get him some help quick,' Gohan concluded. He carefully picked the young man up and flew in Goku's direction.

*****

Goku was still flying toward the voice he heard earlier when he saw a girl standing near the edge of a cliff with two strange looking creatures advancing on her. "Leave me alone! Stay away from me," he heard her yell. Goku flew down and landed in front of her. "Who are you," she gasped, taking a step back.

"Don't worry I'm here to help you," Goku quickly assured her. He didn't want her to get any closer to the edge.

The two creatures stopped when Goku arrived. "I suggest you leave, before you get hurt," the red one declared to Goku. "This doesn't concern you," the blue one added.

Goku dropped into a fighting stance. "It became my concern when you started chasing this innocent girl. Now if you leave peacefully, I won't be forced to kill you."

The blue beast started laughing. "You hear that, Akai? He said he's going to kill us."

"Yeah I heard it all right, Aoi," Akai said laughing also. "That's big talk coming from a human."

Aoi calmed down a bit. "Look human you're in way over your head, so just leave before I change my mind." Goku didn't move an inch.

Sharon looked at the man bewildered. 'Where did this guy come from and how does he expect to get us out of this mess,' she thought. She felt a surge of panic when she heard Aoi's next statement. "Not going to leave, huh? Well I guess we'll have to move you ourselves." The aliens raised their weapons and fired. She screamed as the blasts hit their target leaving a huge ball of dust and smoke. When it cleared, both Sharon and the aliens were completely shocked to find the man still standing there without a scratch on him.

"Nani?! That's impossible," Akai cried. "There's no way a human could've survived that!"

"That may be true," Goku replied with a slight smirk, "but I'm a saiyan."

"A...a...a saiyan?!" Both creatures had terrified looks on their faces. They weren't expecting to come in contact with a saiyan.

"Now that you know what you're dealing with I suggest you leave now."

Akai and Aoi knew that if they went back without the girl, the master would kill them for sure, so they decided to take their chances. They started shooting again hoping to wear down the saiyan's defenses, but they soon found out that it wouldn't work. As the blasts continued to hit Goku's shield, he was powering up his kamehameha wave. "I didn't wanna have to do this, but you leave me no choice." Goku yelled and let the blast loose, disintegrating the aliens on contact. When Goku saw that the creatures were destroyed, he turned to check on the girl. "Are you alright?"

Sharon sunk to her knees not able to believe or comprehend what just happened. She wasn't even sure if she could trust this man who apparently saved her life. She shook her head 'yes' in response to his question. He reached a hand down to her to help her up, but she shrank back in fear.

"It's alright. I'm not going to hurt you," he said. "I'm Goku. What's your name?"

'Goku? That's a strange name,' she thought. She saw the innocent look on his face and felt she could trust him. She took his hand slowly. "Sharon," she said quietly.

Goku gently pulled her up. "Nice to meet you, Sharon,"

"Thank you for saving my life."

"No problem. I'm just glad that I was around to hear you. Why were they chasing you?"

"I'm not sure. All I know is when my friend and I, woke up these strange things came out of the bushes talking weird stuff and then started chasing us and... Oh my gosh!"

"What is it?"

Sharon grabbed Goku's arm. "One of those things got Brandon! We have to go back and help him before it kills him!"

Goku figured that the other cry he heard earlier was from her friend and it didn't sound good at all. He was about to say something to her when Gohan landed next to them with a body in his arms.

"Brandon!" Sharon rushed to him when she recognized the limp body Gohan was holding in his arms. "Oh, no what happened?"

"I don't know. I found him lying on the ground unconscious," Gohan answered then he turned to his father. "Dad, we have to hurry and get him to Capsule Corp. He's in really bad shape."

Goku nodded, placing a hand on his son's shoulder. He looked at Sharon and said, "Hold on to my shoulder, Sharon, we're going to take your friend somewhere to get help."

At this point, Sharon was willing to do anything if it meant helping Brandon. He looked extremely pale and he was barely breathing. As she placed a hand on Goku's shoulder, she watched him put two fingers on his forehead and the next thing she knew, she heard a woman shriek and saw paper flying all over a room.

"Goku I really wish there was a way you could warn me before you did that," the woman said.

"Gomen, Bulma," apologized Goku.

Gohan stepped up to her. "Bulma, we have to get this boy some medical attention, quick. He may be dying."

"Hurry, bring him back to the clinic," she said going down the hallway with Gohan close behind.

As they disappeared further into the building, Sharon looked around bewildered. "Where are we?"

"We're at Capsule Corp.," Goku replied.

"How did we get here?"

"It's a long story. I'll explain later. C'mon let's go check on your friend." Sharon followed him through the complex. By the time they made it to the clinic, they saw Bulma preparing to insert a needle into Brandon's arm. At the sight of the needle, Goku did a complete 180 degree turn and rushed out into the hallway. Sharon felt a big gust of wind and saw that Goku was gone. Sharon blinked confused. "Where did he go?"

"You'll have to excuse my father," Gohan said, shaking his head. "He isn't too fond of needles."

"More like terrified," the woman Gohan called Bulma commented. She pulled the needle out of Brandon's arm. "Honestly I don't see how the world's strongest man can be afraid of a little ol' needle."

"I guess it is sort of weird," Sharon commented then she turned her attention back to Brandon. "Is he going to be alright?"

"He's going to be fine," Gohan reassured her.

"What did you give him?"

"It's something I call senzu serum. It's just a liquefied senzu bean," Bulma explained.

"What's a senzu bean?"

"It's a special bean that restores your strength when you eat it. We had to make a serum because your friend wasn't in the condition to eat it."

Sharon looked down at Brandon and noticed that the color was returning to his face. "Thank you so much for all of your help. I hate to think what would've happened if you didn't show up," she said, tears welling up in her eyes. "I just don't understand what's going on."

Bulma walked over to her and placed an arm around her comfortingly. "Don't worry we'll help you figure things out," she assured her. She smiled. "Of course I can't help someone I don't know."

Sharon also smiled a little. "My name's Sharon."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Bulma and this is Gohan."

Just then Goku peeked in the doorway. "Is it over," he asked a little edgy.

"Yes you can come back in now, Dad."

"And of course you've already met Goku," Bulma added.

Goku shuddered. "Man I hate needles." Then he looked at Brandon. "Is he going to be okay?"

"He's going to be fine," Gohan answered. "It looks like he's coming around."

Sharon rushed over to the bedside as Brandon slowly woke up. He opened his eyes and saw that he was in a room he didn't recognize. He shot up in the bed causing Sharon to jump back a bit. He saw three people he didn't know standing in front of him. "What's going on? Who are you? Where am I," he asked frantically.

Bulma slowly walked towards him. "It's okay. We're here to--"

"No! Y-you stay away from me," Brandon yelled, backing up against the headrest. He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder and jerked away. He turned to see who it was and saw Sharon standing next to him with a concerned look on her face. "Sharon, you're okay," he said, calming down a bit.

"Yes, I'm fine. Everything is okay. These people saved our lives."

"They're not the ones that were after you?"

"No they're not. They are nice people and they've offered to help us. Trust me, they're good people," she replied, taking his hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze.

Brandon sighed. "I guess if you can trust them, then so can I."

Sharon smiled and introduced him to everyone. "Uh, I'm sorry about earlier," Brandon said to everyone. "I guess I overreacted. So many weird things have happened, that I don't know what to do or who to trust."

"Why don't you tell us what happened to you and then we can see if we can figure this all out," Bulma said.

Brandon and Sharon took turns explaining everything that happened to them. "Oh that's awful," Bulma said after they were done.

"It sounds like you were brought here from different dimension," Gohan commented.

Sharon stood there in disbelief. "A-another dimension? Y-you mean we can't go home? I'll never see my family again?" She was near hysterics. "Why is this happening? I don't have anything special. What could this person possibly want with me?!" She turned to Brandon and broke down in tears. He tried his best to comfort her, but he too had a hard time dealing with the news.

Bulma knelt down in front of them. "Don't you guys worry. We'll do everything we can to help you get back home."

"Yeah, Bulma's a genius," Goku added. "She can solve anything."

"Thank you so much," Sharon said.

"You're very welcome. In the meantime you can stay here," Bulma said as she got up. "How about some hot cocoa? We can go into the kitchen and make some while I call for take out." the two teenagers nodded their heads. They didn't get to eat their meal at the mall the night before, so they were starving. "Will you two be joining us," she asked Goku and Gohan.

"Sorry, Bulma, but if we don't hurry home Chi Chi'll blow her top," Goku replied.

"Yeah and I'll get a double dose from Videl, so we'll have to catch you later." The saiyans waved goodbye to the group and left. Bulma turned back to her guests. "C'mon let's go make that hot cocoa."