Parallels - Episode II - Terror from Time
by darkTW
Author's Note: Slight plot change from what it was going to be. I've seen more of DBZ in the 7 months since I updated this, so it was necessary. The story simply continues from here.
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"Try Again, Trunks!" shouted Bulma. That Kid was always trying so hard to do things without her help, but this time it was more than a pocket watch he was making - Bulma thought.
"It's not working!" shouted Trunks back to Bulma. He'd just got back from helping destroy Cell and Androids 17 and 18 in his own time, and he knew of his presence in this time.
"Try plugging them in the other way!"
Trunks took the two wires and plugged them into the correct holes, but unknown to him, he was creating a short-circuit.
"Ok Mom!"
"Try it now!"
Trunks pressed the button, at first nothing happened but then there was a terrific noise and it sounded like the time machine was going to explode!
"MOM! Cut the POWER! It's going HAYWIRE!" Trunks screamed
Bulma ran around the corner to the main power grid, she saw the time machine glow and it seemed to pulsate with Energy, she saw Trunks trapped inside, desperatly trying to escape. Suddenly there was a flash of light the second Bulma cut the power line, and the Time machine vanished
"Oh.... my... god..." Bulma stared in disbelief "Oh... no.." She fell to her knees.
Trunks felt he was being pulled inside and out of space and time.. moving not backwards and forwards through the time continum, but side-to-side. He managed to regain control and the ship landed at the co-ordinates that he left at before. He pulled himself to his feet.
"Aw... geez.. i hit my head pretty bad.. What the hell happened?" Trunks checked the controls.
"Hmm.. seems like a simple short-circuit. Ahh.."
He got up and looked around... "Mother?"
"What the hell are you doing in my time capsule, sh**head?" Trunks turned around and saw what looked like Bulma, wielding a shotgun pointing at him
"Mother?"
"I aint your mother, @$$hole, now get out of this complex before I call security!"
"What are you talking about? Is this a kind of Joke?"
"KID! I said get the hell out! Or i'll call security!"
Suddenly another person stepped up. It was a teenage girl
"Mom, who is this guy?"
"I don't know, Bra, some straggler"
"I'll sort him out" - Bra turned to face the flabbergasted Trunks - Something wasn't right here, he thought.
"Get out of our home!"
"Look, Lady, what is going on here - My name is Trunks..."
"Trunks? You liar! How dare you insult my half-brother like that!"
"Half-brother?"
"You're gonna get it now!" said the woman who looked like Bulma
Bra pulled off her coat and extended her arms and began what looked like a transformation - to a Super Saiyan! Trunks was feeling very strange and weak inside.. This seemed more than an ordinary transformation, it seemed like the one Gohan did, and it was!, thought the panic-stricken Trunks. The Girl's eyes were green and her long hair blonde and spiky.
"Now, Get out or I will have to get nasty!"
Trunks decided he'd have to take the Time Machine and fight his way out. He said:
"No, you b**ch!"
"YOU CALLED MY DAUGHTER THAT?" said the woman, and she fired her shotgun at Trunks!
"Mother!"
Trunks easily caught the bullet and crushed it in his hand.
"Now it's time to show you my trick!" Trunks held down his arms and transformed to Super Saiyan, just as Bra did, and began to go USSJ as he would need the extra power. He leaped into the air, but then Bra hit him to the ground with difficulty.
"How.... you cannot be a Super Saiyan!"
"No time to explain, dear!" Trunks flew towards the time machine and grabbed one of its legs, lifting it into the air. He fired an Energy blast at Bra, hitting her to the ground.
"By the Way, the name's Trunks!" Trunks shouted to Bra from above, and he flew off holding the time machine as fast as he could.
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Trunks was horrified. His own mother had shot him, and this girl who claimed to be her daughter attacked him, and was SSJ2! Then it hit him - he must have travelled here in the time machine... but why has everything changed so much? My TPS (Time Positioning System) says it is the right time..
He landed in a forest where he placed the time machine.
He decided to search it, as some things looked different to the one he had been trapped in earlier from his time. He logged into the computer - for some reason the password was the same as in his time!
DIARY ENTRY. JULY 3. Hey, this is Bra. Buruma, my mother says the trip to the past to warn the Earth abo..shshissssss coming will take place tommorow, as the time machine is ready. My father today was sdahhissssssssss
It seemed to cut off at this point. What did that mean, Trunks thought. Buruma? weird name. Sounds a bit like Bulma. He decided to conceal the time machine and waited in the forest. At night he lit a fire and slept inside the Time machine, but very restlessly. He was in a strange world and he intended to find out why, and how he could return to the one he knew very well to help the people.
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The next day Trunks returned to the City after hiding the time machine and checked into a public library. He went up to the librarian
"Hello, do you have anything on recent history, like such as events in the last 20 years?"
"We sure do, try this copy of 'The Struggle' by Son Gohan"
"Son Gohan?"
"Yes sir, he is one of the world's most influential writers"
Gohan becomes a writer?, Trunks thought. Then he remembered he was in a weird timeline.
Trunks took the book to a desk. He began to read.
Chapter One - Garlic Junior's Wrath
It had been 20 hours since Garlic Junior spread the blackwater mist, and the Sacred Water...
Suddenly a young man weiring a large coat, wearing a hood, came up to him and sat down. He could not see his face. He made Trunks feel strange.
"Hello Trunks" said the stranger. Trunks felt a chill down his spine
"What? How did he know that name" he said extremely softly from the safety behind his book. The stranger put his hand on the book and pushed it don
"Do you know who I am?"
"No...mister..?" He pulled off his hood so Trunks could just see his face.
"My name is........ Trunks."
!
To be continued...
Story (C) darkTW 2001. Dragonball and all related Characters (C) Akira Tomiyara, TOEI, FUNimation Productions inc.
by darkTW
Author's Note: Slight plot change from what it was going to be. I've seen more of DBZ in the 7 months since I updated this, so it was necessary. The story simply continues from here.
-----
"Try Again, Trunks!" shouted Bulma. That Kid was always trying so hard to do things without her help, but this time it was more than a pocket watch he was making - Bulma thought.
"It's not working!" shouted Trunks back to Bulma. He'd just got back from helping destroy Cell and Androids 17 and 18 in his own time, and he knew of his presence in this time.
"Try plugging them in the other way!"
Trunks took the two wires and plugged them into the correct holes, but unknown to him, he was creating a short-circuit.
"Ok Mom!"
"Try it now!"
Trunks pressed the button, at first nothing happened but then there was a terrific noise and it sounded like the time machine was going to explode!
"MOM! Cut the POWER! It's going HAYWIRE!" Trunks screamed
Bulma ran around the corner to the main power grid, she saw the time machine glow and it seemed to pulsate with Energy, she saw Trunks trapped inside, desperatly trying to escape. Suddenly there was a flash of light the second Bulma cut the power line, and the Time machine vanished
"Oh.... my... god..." Bulma stared in disbelief "Oh... no.." She fell to her knees.
Trunks felt he was being pulled inside and out of space and time.. moving not backwards and forwards through the time continum, but side-to-side. He managed to regain control and the ship landed at the co-ordinates that he left at before. He pulled himself to his feet.
"Aw... geez.. i hit my head pretty bad.. What the hell happened?" Trunks checked the controls.
"Hmm.. seems like a simple short-circuit. Ahh.."
He got up and looked around... "Mother?"
"What the hell are you doing in my time capsule, sh**head?" Trunks turned around and saw what looked like Bulma, wielding a shotgun pointing at him
"Mother?"
"I aint your mother, @$$hole, now get out of this complex before I call security!"
"What are you talking about? Is this a kind of Joke?"
"KID! I said get the hell out! Or i'll call security!"
Suddenly another person stepped up. It was a teenage girl
"Mom, who is this guy?"
"I don't know, Bra, some straggler"
"I'll sort him out" - Bra turned to face the flabbergasted Trunks - Something wasn't right here, he thought.
"Get out of our home!"
"Look, Lady, what is going on here - My name is Trunks..."
"Trunks? You liar! How dare you insult my half-brother like that!"
"Half-brother?"
"You're gonna get it now!" said the woman who looked like Bulma
Bra pulled off her coat and extended her arms and began what looked like a transformation - to a Super Saiyan! Trunks was feeling very strange and weak inside.. This seemed more than an ordinary transformation, it seemed like the one Gohan did, and it was!, thought the panic-stricken Trunks. The Girl's eyes were green and her long hair blonde and spiky.
"Now, Get out or I will have to get nasty!"
Trunks decided he'd have to take the Time Machine and fight his way out. He said:
"No, you b**ch!"
"YOU CALLED MY DAUGHTER THAT?" said the woman, and she fired her shotgun at Trunks!
"Mother!"
Trunks easily caught the bullet and crushed it in his hand.
"Now it's time to show you my trick!" Trunks held down his arms and transformed to Super Saiyan, just as Bra did, and began to go USSJ as he would need the extra power. He leaped into the air, but then Bra hit him to the ground with difficulty.
"How.... you cannot be a Super Saiyan!"
"No time to explain, dear!" Trunks flew towards the time machine and grabbed one of its legs, lifting it into the air. He fired an Energy blast at Bra, hitting her to the ground.
"By the Way, the name's Trunks!" Trunks shouted to Bra from above, and he flew off holding the time machine as fast as he could.
-----
Trunks was horrified. His own mother had shot him, and this girl who claimed to be her daughter attacked him, and was SSJ2! Then it hit him - he must have travelled here in the time machine... but why has everything changed so much? My TPS (Time Positioning System) says it is the right time..
He landed in a forest where he placed the time machine.
He decided to search it, as some things looked different to the one he had been trapped in earlier from his time. He logged into the computer - for some reason the password was the same as in his time!
DIARY ENTRY. JULY 3. Hey, this is Bra. Buruma, my mother says the trip to the past to warn the Earth abo..shshissssss coming will take place tommorow, as the time machine is ready. My father today was sdahhissssssssss
It seemed to cut off at this point. What did that mean, Trunks thought. Buruma? weird name. Sounds a bit like Bulma. He decided to conceal the time machine and waited in the forest. At night he lit a fire and slept inside the Time machine, but very restlessly. He was in a strange world and he intended to find out why, and how he could return to the one he knew very well to help the people.
-----
The next day Trunks returned to the City after hiding the time machine and checked into a public library. He went up to the librarian
"Hello, do you have anything on recent history, like such as events in the last 20 years?"
"We sure do, try this copy of 'The Struggle' by Son Gohan"
"Son Gohan?"
"Yes sir, he is one of the world's most influential writers"
Gohan becomes a writer?, Trunks thought. Then he remembered he was in a weird timeline.
Trunks took the book to a desk. He began to read.
Chapter One - Garlic Junior's Wrath
It had been 20 hours since Garlic Junior spread the blackwater mist, and the Sacred Water...
Suddenly a young man weiring a large coat, wearing a hood, came up to him and sat down. He could not see his face. He made Trunks feel strange.
"Hello Trunks" said the stranger. Trunks felt a chill down his spine
"What? How did he know that name" he said extremely softly from the safety behind his book. The stranger put his hand on the book and pushed it don
"Do you know who I am?"
"No...mister..?" He pulled off his hood so Trunks could just see his face.
"My name is........ Trunks."
!
To be continued...
Story (C) darkTW 2001. Dragonball and all related Characters (C) Akira Tomiyara, TOEI, FUNimation Productions inc.
