MIRAI NO TERROR

By Genesis Nightshade


Chapter Three
The Conflict Begins/ A Clash of Colors

A/N: Thanks for all of the positive feedback! I'm glad that you all like my story! This chapter has a treat…. the action finally decides to kick in… oh, and I use a lot of fanfic Japanese in this chapter, but it shouldn't interfere with the plot…PLEASE REVIEW!


In the void of darkness, a silent figure slinked from its life of containment. It had been years, and he never knew what true life was like until this very moment. He gasped in large quantities of air and tested for use of his limbs. Yes, everything was perfect. No, he wasn't perfect…he was superior.

He stood up on his legs for the first time and found that the muscles were strong and had gained his approval. He blinked twice and stretched out his mental feelers for his target. If things were going as planned, then the Earth should have been mostly in ruins… He searched the power levels of the planet for some time, and yelled out in frustration when he couldn't find what he was looking for. The sound was so loud that is it shook the entire cavern where he was contained.

'No!' he thought to himself. 'Gone!'

For a moment, he panicked and felt his heart beat quickly in his chest. Such a foreign feeling. He clasped his hand over it and felt as it calmed. No, all hope was not lost. Thinking quickly, he activated the homing devices.

Yes, they were not exactly living, but what he needed was still intact. Easily found.

He would be superior.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Trunks slinked down the corridor, making sure to be as quiet s he could so that the CC employees wouldn't wake up. He passed his mother, who had fallen asleep at the computer again. It was late, past two in the morning, actually. Trunks had gone to check on Videl, and she wasn't in her bed.

'I'll bet she's with that…that Namek.' Trunks thought angrily as he walked towards the back door. He grabbed his purple CC jacket and put it on, followed closely by his sword. He quietly took off to where he felt Snare's energy signal. Of course it wasn't his usual training spot, since he probably had Videl with him. But how, all of a sudden did Videl feel comfortable around Snare? And why? Why had she all of a sudden decided to train with him?

He was getting close to Snare's energy signal, so Trunks landed and proceeded on foot. There was a clearing ahead where Snare and Videl were sparing.

In the air.

Videl was flying with ease, and she was doing it without a ki signature. Trunks had been working with her for weeks, and Snare had taught her to fly in a couple of hours.

"Trunks-kun!"

Trunks tripped when he heard Videl's almost-too-cheerful voice. BUSTED.

'Freaking spy…' Snare thought to himself as he watched his pupil descend and rush over to Trunks.

"Did you see what I did?! Snare taught me and it only took a few minutes!"

Videl demonstrated by hovering in the air and circling Trunks.

"Hai. I see." He said, even though he wasn't looking at Videl. He and Snare were looking at each other, locked in a gaze.

"Trunks-kun? What's wrong?"

"How could you be out here with…HIM? Aren't you worried that he might snap and turn on you?"

"Oh, come on Trunks! He didn't know what he was doing back then! Hasn't he earned your trust yet?"

"But what if he tries to kill you?" Trunks said, with desperation. He grabbed Videl's shoulders and gently pushed her down to earth. "A dirty Namek like him would do something just like that…put on an act just to get what he wants…"

"Ok! I'm tired of this! Come on, you baka!" Snare yelled out, from where he was floating far above. "I'm tired of you, Trunks! If you don't trust me that much, then why don't you go ahead and kill me? You're the one who is scared!"

"NANI! How dare you! It will be my pleasure to destroy you!"

"Matte yo, Trunks! Iie!"

He didn't hear Videl as he let go of all of his anger towards Snare. His mind clouded with hate, he charged at the Namek. The time had come.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"I've got it!" Bulma exclaimed as he woke up with a start. Yes, she had fallen asleep at her computer…. again…but it was worth it. She had finally figured out a way to bring everyone back in a hurry. If Snare could become the guardian of earth, then he could create a new set of Dragon balls, just like the ones on Namek. It was perfect. Besides, the spaceship project was beginning to fizzle anyway as more and more workers became suspicious of Bulma's true ambition. And with Snare around, it was getting harder and harder to hide the truth from people. If the lab wasn't voice activated, there was no telling how many people would have seen the Namek.

Yup, if they put their cards in the right place, they might not even need to make a trip to New Namek. Or, if that didn't work, then maybe Mr. Popo would have an idea. In all of her planning, Bulma had neglected Mr. Popo. Maybe he would know where they could come up with a new guardian…Bulma's mind raced with so many possibilities that she surprised even herself. She made a couple of quick notes on a pad of paper nearby. First thing in the morning, she and Trunks would have to make a visit to Kame's Tower.

Bulma leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes. She was a genius, but something wasn't quite right. She didn't hear Trunks's snoring echoing through the downstairs wing of the house. She went to Trunks's room, and sure enough, his bed hadn't been slept in.

'Where could he be?' Bulma silently asked herself as she walked in and plopped down on Trunks's bed. She looked at the display over Trunks's door where his sword was usually kept his sword. It was missing.

"NANI! No Trunks!" Bulma yelled futilely as she sprung from the bed and raced outside. She took a pack of Hoipoi Capsules from her pocket and threw one to the ground. In a puff of smoke, a hover car appeared, and Bulma jumped in, speeding towards Snare's usual training spot.

"Trunks, baka…don't do anything stupid…"

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Goku, can I talk to you?"

Goku walked away from where he had been talking to Kullilin and Yamcha. This get together had been a good idea, since Goku hadn't seen many of his friends since they died.

"What is it, King Kai?"

"Goku, I don't want to alarm anyone else, but I think Snare is the least of the problems on Earth right now."

"What do you mean, King Kai?"

"Just put your hand on my shoulder and feel Earth's energy."

Goku complied, and closed his eyes to concentrate. The first thing he expected to feel was Trunks's energy, since he was the strongest person on Earth at the moment. This was not the case. Goku's eyes opened wide as he felt a massive energy.

"You feel it?" King Kai asked. "I was just peeking in to check on Trunks and Snare, and the power just appeared out or nowhere."

"Does Trunks know?"

King Kai shook his head.

"Trunks is too concerned with other things right now. I've been trying to get through to him for a little while now."

Goku slowly removed his hand form King Kai's shoulder. The power he felt was the strongest he had ever felt, even stronger than the androids. Stronger than Trunks. And with Trunks feeling so threatened by Snare, it might be days before Trunks detected the power.

"The only thing you can do is keep trying to reach him." Goku said. "I'm going to go and talk to King Yama and see if there's anything that he can do."

King Kai cracked a smile. He knew exactly was Goku was going to do. It had only happened a few times in h8istory, but if he was lucky, Goku could get the gods to grant him a short amount of time back on Earth. It was extremely unlikely, but worth a shot.

"Good luck, Goku." King Kai said as he watched Goku place two fingers against his forehead and disappear into thin air.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Damn it! Move!" Bulma yelled as she tried to dodge and drive against the flow of traffic in her hover car. She had to travel through Trunks City (named after you know who) before she reached the point where she could go off road to the clearing in the woods.

It was about 2:45, but there were people streaming out of the city. By all accounts, Bulma should have tuned around and gone another way. But her anger was getting the best of her.

'I can't believe that Trunks and Snare would fight in the city!' Bulma thought to herself and she swerved to avoid an oncoming car. That was the only explanation that she could come up with for a panic at almost three in the morning.

Bulma swerved again, but this time, she couldn't get control of the car in time, and she crashed head-on into a light post.

"Damn it!" She yelled, and punched the deployed air bag. The car was totaled, and smoke streamed from under the hood. Thinking quickly, she grabbed a pack of capsules from the glove compartment and continued to rush on foot against the flow of traffic.

'Baka, Trunks! How could you, after you told me that you wouldn't hurt Snare!' Bulma's mind was clouded with thoughts as she pushed past the screaming masses. Even though Trunks had never really known his father, he was just like Vegeta. He had the same 'leave me alone or I'll kill you' philosophy, and sometimes Bulma could have sworn that they were virtually twins, aside from Trunks's hair. But this time Trunks had gone too far- endangering the lives of others over some stupid grudge.

She finally cleared the crowd of people and stopped running as she stood alone in the center of town. Alone. The only other thing in the square was the huge statue of Trunks that had recently been erected. It showed Trunks holding his sword up towards heaven, his hair sticking up in super saiyan glory. The inscription at the base of the statue read: "Our Savior".

But all of that aside, if she was alone, then why was everyone running. Bulma began to pace as she pondered this, and she tripped over something. Angrily, she looked down to see what she had tripped over, and her eyes opened wide. She clawed at the dirt road frantically as she tried to get away, and stared at horror at the familiar figure before her.

Android.

The body of the notorious Juuhachi-gou was in front of her. The biological exterior was gone for the most part, but those eyes…her emotionless eyes stared off into nowhere, unmoving, unthinking.

"H…how…"

Bulma stood up and slowly approached the machine. It was inactive, and looked like it had been for some time, but the entire skeleton was still intact. It was true. Physically, they had been indestructible.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Trunks immediately went super saiyan and rushed at Snare, ready to kill him with one fatal swipe of his blade. Unfortunately for him, Snare was faster than he looked. He was able to dodge every one of Trunks's attacks, moving to the left or right of the blade. He left the super saiyan more than a little frustrated.

"KONO YOGORE! How are you doing this?!" Trunks yelled, almost out of breath from his assault.

"You have forgotten a few things, baka. Or since it's you, I'm guessing you don't know much anyway. You see, when a Namek reproduces out of desperation or revenge, the desire to fulfill the father's wishes makes the Namek stronger. So in a way, we are much like you saiyans…"

Trunks gasped as he felt Snare's power rise rapidly. It quickly surpassed his and kept going…

"Doush'te?! How!"

Snare smiled for the first time in his life.

"Die, Chikusho."

"No Snare! Don't!"

Videl flew between the two of them, her arms straight out in a protective stance.

"Zakkenayo! Get the hell out of my way!"

"I know you won't kill me, Snare." Videl said, not moving an inch. "Bulma-san told me that the Nameks are good, and I know that you are too, Snare! You don't want to kill anyone!"

The two hovered, staring into each other's eyes. Both were full of determination and stubbornness. Neither of them was going to budge before the other.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Bulma threw one of her capsules to the ground, and watched a van appeared out of the smoke. In spite of the obvious danger that could come with taking the android with her, she could use it as an example and maybe make some androids of her own to help out at Capsule Corp. The ones she had now she called androids, but in reality they were mere robots that could only do what they were programmed to do. Dr. Gero's androids had been capable of their own thoughts, wishes and desires.

She took out two more Capsules and threw them down. Her two robots, Itchy and Knee appeared out of the smoke.

"Itchy, Knee, load that android onto the van."

"Hai, Bulma-san." They replied in their mechanical voices as they went to work.

"I wouldn't touch that android if I were you…"

Bulma snapped her head around to look for the source of the comment. There was still no one around for as far as her eyes could see.

"Up here, girlie."

Bulma craned her neck upwards and the color drained from her face. There was a massive creature floating above her, red, white and black in color, two wasp like wings against its back."

"What do you want? Who…who are you?!"

"Just call me…Cell Superior."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Videl! Move out of the way!"

"You'll just have to kill me to get to him, Snare. The same with you, Trunks."

Trunks flew closer to Videl and gazed at her.

"Sorry, Videl." He said, and punched her in the jaw. She went spiraling to the ground and his pretty hard, knocking up dust all around her.

"Trunks! What the hell?" Snare yelled.

"C'mon, you green menace! You've stalled enough!"

"Don't you see what you did?! She had nothing to do with this!"

"She has everything to do with this, and you know it!"

Snare didn't reply, but took his eyes off of Trunks and flew down to help Videl her feet.

'That damned spineless Namek!' Trunks thought to himself as he watched Snare pick Videl up from where she had fallen and hold her in his arms. 'She could've taken that hit. Snare was just stalling to-"

'TRUNKS!'

Trunks's thought train stopped right there. In his mind he had heard it loud and clear- his mother calling out to him in terror. He quickly felt for her energy signal and he stood paralyzed with fear as he felt the power close to her. It seemed so familiar…like Cell, but much stronger…much more powerful…

"Kaasan!"

In that moment, Trunks forgot about everything else…about Snare, about New Namek, about Videl…all he knew was that he was not going to lose his mother, the woman that meant more than the world to him. He flew as fast as he could to his mother's energy signal.

'Kaasan…I'm coming…'