Chapter 3:  Goku vs. the Borg

                Vegeta was wondering why Q put him with such weak aliens.  When he woke up in a castle like arena, tall, muscular aliens with long hair surrounded him, and they had just insulted him. 

                "The very nerve of calling me human," he thought as he punched another alien.

                He knew that breaking their jaws would be hard.  There mouths were mildly viable, but they were partially concealed by the other two jaws that covered the mouth from each side.  He was even surprised by the fact they could see from those little slits they called eyes. 

                "We Nausican will kill you hu-mon!"

                "Please, I am the Prince of Saiyans.  I will make you pay for denigrating me."

                "The hunt is on!"

                The orange complex aliens in almost full body armor had been chasing Gohan for several minutes after he arrived.  Q had striped him of most of his power.  As he ran, he tried to contemplate how Q could have done this.  He still had super speed, but that is about it.

                "Gotta keep concealed.  Can't let them find me.  Need to get out of this jungle."

                "The Hirogen will have their trophy!" one of the aliens shouted.

                "So that's what they're called."  A barrage of energy beams fired from the aliens' weapons.  Gohan super speeded away as the seven Hirogen spread their ranks.

                "I see they know the art of hunting well," Gohan said as he ran behind a large rock.

                Goku dodged a corner, then another.  It was a maze in the green, computer like environment he was in.  Apparently, Q never took away any of his power, but something was prohibiting him from leaving the area, even using instant transmission.  Ever since he got there, the cybernetic people kept tying to "assimilate" him.

                "Whew!  Thought I'd never get away from those guys.  This place is like a maze, a green-lighted, humid maze."

                He looked around and tapped a wall of the complex. 

                "I know.  I'll just blast my way out of here."  He squatted down and put his cupped hands toward the wall.

                "KAAAAMMMMEEEE…"  He put his cupped hands behind his back.

                "HAAAAMMMMEEEE…"  A ball of energy formed in the palms of his hands.

                "HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"  Thrusting the ball of energy, a blinding flash occurred as the wall blew apart reviling the emptiness of space and its vacuum.  Goku struggled to stay in the oxygen environment.  Suddenly, a field of energy covered the hole that Goku made. 

                "I get it.  That field is blocking my instant transmission.  If I can take out its power source…"

                "WE ARE THE BORG!  YOU WILL BE ASSIMALATED!"

                "Aww.  Not again."

                Three cybernetic humanoids transported near Goku and tried to grab him.  Goku flew upwards only to find another one doing the same on another level.  One of them even jumped down to grab him, but Goku super speeded out of the way.

                "Now where would I find the central power source?"  Goku shut his eyes and tried to locate the most powerful spot on the ship.  Finally, he found it, at the center of the cube shaped thing.  Goku started to fly towards the center, but another force field blocked him.

                "Got to do something fast.  Those Borg thingies will be on me any moment."  Goku stood still and started to transform into a Super Saiyan.  The surrounding computer systems overloaded and shut down.  Minutes later, he was in the central part of the Borg cube.

                "Hmmm.  This thing's big," he said looking at the core.  "If I blast it now, I'll probably destroy the ship and myself in the process.  Even if I survive, I won't have any air to breath."

                "WE ARE THE BORG!  RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!"

                "These guys seem to get their energy from this thing.  Maybe a little corrupt energy will shut it down."  Goku started to form a white ball of energy in his hand.  "Let's see what those mechanical implants do when they're using life energy."

                He threw the ball of energy at the core.  The small Spirit Bomb went though the core's surface without harming it.  The core started to react violently; the entire ship started to shake, as Goku remained motionless.  Four drones advanced upon Goku, still motionless.  As one of them was about to grab them, it shut down along with the rest of the ship.  The core's light faded.

                "Whew.  I knew it would overload like that.  I should be able to get the others now."  Goku put his index and middle fingers to his forehead and teleported out from the ship. 

                Gohan was paralyzed.  One of the Hirogen shots had hit him in the spine.  Now, he was trying to crawl away. 

                "Can hear them coming.  Oh Dende no!"

                "Here son."  Gohan looked up and saw his father extending his hand that held a sensu bean.

                "Thank goodness you're here dad."  Goku grabbed his teenage son and teleported both of them out of the scene.

                Goten and Trunks were being worn out.  The Klingons were no problem to take care of, but more kept coming. 

                "We can do this Goten," Trunks said leaning his back against his friend's.

                "I could use a sensu bean right about now," Goten responded.

                "Yo, Bro!"  Two sensu beans fell out from above.  Both of them looked up to see Gohan and Goku in the air.  "Finish these guys off."

                "Right."  Both of them each ate a sensu bean and instantly were revitalized.  Still standing back to back, they both fired energy beams that killed the rest of the Kingons.  Goku and Gohan landed on the ground.  The three put there hands on Goku, who teleported them out of the dungeon.

                The Nausicans were getting tougher and tougher with each blow Vegeta landed.  He figured it out when one of them managed to punch him into a wall.  After he picked himself up, he saw Goku and the others in the corner of the arena. 

                "Vegeta!" Goku called waving his hand.

                "Hold on Kakarott!"

                Vegeta started to gather energy from around him.  After he started to glow, he released it, knocking the Nausicans back.  Vegeta super speeded to Goku and grabbed his arm.

                "Let's get out of here."

                With that, the rest of them put their hands on Goku.  The next thing all of them knew, they were back on earth.

                "Finally," Gohan sighed.  Q appeared in front of the gang.

                "Well done.  It's time."  Q snapped his fingers and everyone's energy was restored.  With another flash of light, all of them teleported to the space environment Q had taken them before.