chapter 4
The fourth day someone knocked on the door of Nafta's ship. Sedus opened the door. "Ah, you must be Trunks." Trunks nodded. Somehow the man impressed him. His eyes. "You are looking for Nafta? Or something else?" "Yeah, in fact...I do. My father has forbidden me to come here. But....well, it isn't fair is it?" "Come inside. He's here."
It was warm inside the ship. He was very cold. It had snowed for a few days, and it was still cold outside. Sedus opened another door. "Nafta, Trunks is here."
Sedus gestured to Cheva and Amon. They went outside.
Trunks felt uncomfortable. He didn't know what to say. Nafta started. "How is everybody doing?" "Fine. My father doesn't say much and trains much. Not much difference. But I don't understand why he can't accept you." Nafta shrugged his shoulders. "I guess that's the way he is." "Are there more creatures coming to earth?" "I think so." "Is there anything we can do against them?" "To be honest, I don't think so. They are not so super strong, but thy can paralyze you give hallucinations, anything." "But isn't there any way we can resist it? The creature couldn't influence you!" Nafta sighed. "There are special techniques to do that. And to learn them, you must have talent to learn it. And only a very few people do have that talent." "So there's nothing we can do?" Nafta stared at him for a while. "I can try to learn you some things. I think you can do it. It's in the family, the talent." "I thin I can sneak off to this place without my father getting suspicious. It's ok." Nafta nodded. Will we start right away, or tomorrow?" "Let's start now. I'm ready." Nafta smiled. He liked Trunks attitude.
They both went outside for the first training. Trunks noticed it was getting warmer. The snow was melting.
Nafta looked for a quiet location. He found the perfect place, near a brook, and some trees.
"Sit down. This kind of training isn't like martial arts training. You only have to focus on your mind. Close your eyes." Trunks did. "Now concentrate on your own mind and body. Try to shut your self off from the outside world." Nafta puts his hand on Trunks head. "I'll show you something. It will be weird for the first time. But I want you to reach the same thing without me after the training. Open your eyes." Trunks did.
Everything around him had changed, and still it was the same. Everything was brighter, colors looked different, and he could FEEL everything around him. "This Trunks, is the energy that flows through all things. I am able to manipulate that energy. In that way, I can do everything. Chang forms influence emotions, etc. But you have to know how. It's a quite difficult job, and requires a lot of concentration and willpower. I'll give an example." Nafta pointed at a small tree. Trunks could see the colors and the brightness changing. The tree grew until it was ten feet longer. "The Morts try to maintain the balance in the universe. Other ones only want to gain more power at the costs of others. Like those creatures who attacked this planet. But normally they don't attack in groups. That's a thing I worry about."
Nafta removed his hand from Trunks head. Things changed back to normal. "I think this is enough for the first lesson." Trunks got up. "When do I have to come back?" "Whenever you want." "Thanks. Can I bring Goten with me?" "That's ok but I don't know if he will understand what we are doing." "I think that won't be a problem. I have to go now, before my father begins to wonder where I am. I'll see ya soon! Trunks flew away.
Nafta sat down for his own training. There were more battles coming. He could feel it. More power full creatures were coming. He knew he could handle them, but he was worried about the others here. He hoped the creatures wouldn't go after them and kill them.
Trunks trained every day for one or two hours. He didn't tell where he was going to avoid conflicts. Sometimes Goten joined him, but he didn't understand a bit of it.
Without anybody noticing him, Piccolo watched Trunks training. Maybe he would be able to learn such a things too. With his Namek ears he was able to hear everything. He was used to meditate and concentrate.
During a night Vegeta could hear something scratching on the window. "Damn cat." He tried to fall asleep, but the scratching wouldn't stop. He growled and got up. He walked to the window and opened it. Instead of a cat a small rd man was sitting on the roof. Before Vegeta could react he grabbed Vegeta's neck. His hands turned into two long tentacles. Vegeta tried to yell, but the tentacles squeezed his neck. He raised his power level. The tentacles started to glow. Bulma woke up and started to scream. The man shot a small Ki-beam at her. She was knocked unconscious. Vegeta's power level dropped. The man absorbed his energy. He started to grow, and soon he had reached the size of a normal man.
Trunks had heard his mother screaming. It wasn't the first time he hard hr screaming at night (in fact it was quit normal, but than he just tried to ignore it), but this time it was different. It sounded frightened, and then it stopped abruptly. Trunks jumped out his bead and ran to his parents bedroom. (He hoped he hadn't heard it wrong, because he didn't want to drop in at 'a very bad moment). He opened the door. He saw his dad, choking, and his mother, lying against the wall, unconscious. The man grinned at him. His teeth were like those of a jaw. "Don't worry, you'll be next." Trunks felt how the monster paralyzed him. He couldn't let that happen but he had trained too shortly to be resistant. He growled. Vegeta fainted. Trunks trembled. His anger grew. He leapt to the man and grabbed his tentacles. The spell didn't affect him anymore. "Take this, you monster!" Trunks blew him off the roof. The man dropped Vegeta and cursed. He tried to paralyze Trunks again, but failed. Trunk hit him several times. The man cursed again and flew away. Trunks didn't follow him. He ran to his parent's bedroom. Vegeta had woken up and was coughing. Trunks sighed with relief. His father was all right. But his mother.... He checked her heartbeat. That was ok. Trunks decided to call a hospital.
After he called that, he decided to call his friend as well. The man could be looking for other victims.
After ten minutes the ambulance came to bring Bulma to the hospital. Trunks and Vegeta, who recovered in the meantime, flew to the hospital. They waited for two hours. None of both said something.
Finally, a doctor came. "Mr. Vegeta & Trunks Briefs?" "Yes?" "I'm afraid I have bad news. She has broken several ribs, which penetrated her hart and longs. She is still alive but in coma. We don't know if she will wake up, but I'm afraid it doesn't look good. She has a lot of brain damage, because a shortage of oxygen.
Trunks couldn't believe it. Nor could Vegeta. "You can see her now. She's in room 132.
Trunks and Vegeta quietly entered the room. Bulma lay there, and all kinds of machines and things around here to check her brain activity, heartbeat, etc. She looked so small and was very pale. Trunks cried. Even Vegeta's eyes got wet.
At 6.00 Vegeta and Trunks went home, again without saying a word.
Later that day Goku and Krillin called to let them know they felt sorry for them and to ask how they were. Vegeta didn't want to pick the pone up, so Trunks did it.
Nobody had seen the man nor felt his ki somewhere. Trunks was worried about that. Maybe he tried to attack later again.
The next morning Trunks awoke at 6.30. He wondered what made him wake up so early. The phone was ringing. That was it. Trunks ran down but Vegeta already picked it up. He was pale. Trunks looked at him worried. "Who was that?" "The hospital...." A tear rolled down on his cheek. Trunks couldn't breath for a second. "Wha....what happened. How?" "Get dressed."
Trunks ran to his room. He was even too stunned to cry. He just got dressed like his father told him to do. After that they went to the hospital.
In the hospital the same doctor as before told them the hart failed. They couldn't resurrect her anymore.
Trunks looked at his mother's body. He cried. So did Vegeta.
Nobody noticed strange marks had appeared on her forehead and chest.
Some time after Vegeta and Trunks had left the room a nurse came to bring the body to the mortuary. She gazed at the bed. No body. She checked the papers. This was the right room. Would somebody else have taken her away already? Somebody grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth. After that, the person broke her neck. She was dead instantly.
"Geez, Lobei promised he would find a strong body for my soul. And now I have THIS." "I heard that. I'm sorry; I couldn't possibly have known that kid could resist me. But the woman isn't that bad, Milonar?" Milonar/Bulma sighed. (From now on I will call her Milonar) "Let me see, I was supposed to get a powerful body, with the talent for the spells and instead of that I have THIS?" "Listen to yourself! You were slain by Nafta, you fell for his stupid trick! And you almost betrayed us! Do you really think he believed that 'instinct' thing? And you got yourself killed. You should be thankful for ANY body!" Milonar mumbled something. "And by the way, it's easy to get that other body. We just have to kill it." Lobei picked Milonar up and flew out the window. They flew right to capsule corp.
In the meanwhile, Trunks and Vegeta arrived at home. Vegeta locked himself in his room. Trunks sat down on the couch. He didn't know what to do. He felt so uncertain. He lost his mother, creatures were threatening the earth....
Vegeta was lying on his bed, trying to calm himself down. He didn't notice two mice crawling into his room. He did notice them when they transformed into their normal selves. Milonar was standing right before him. "B...Bulma?" Something grabbed his neck from behind. "Get your soul in his body on the right time, Milonar." Someone smashed the window and jumped in. "Shit, shit, SHIT! Lobei, you said he wouldn't notice us!" "Run, you idiot!" Lobei flew out the window.
Nafta didn't go after him. He grabbed Milonar. "Leave this body. NOW." Milonar grinned. "Or what! Kill me? You'd also kill the body!" "If I have to, I will." "Prove it." Vegeta tried to interrupt them. "Hey you! Remove your dirty hands from her!" "She's not your wife. Just a soul, using her body." Nafta shot a very thin, but strong laser beam though her hart. She was dead. Vegeta screamed and tried to jump on Nafta. Nafta threw him away and paralyzed him. "Wait a few minutes." He put his hand on her chest. It started to glow. The wound closed. "Now the next part could take some time. Her soul is in the next dimension already and there are a very few energy ties that binds this body with her soul but I can restore everything. Just give me some time."
He put his hand on Bulma's forehead and chest. He started to glow, and so did Bulma. Nafta moved his hands quickly. Bulma started to breath. Nafta got up and flew out the window. Vegeta checked Bulma's heartbeat. She was really alive! Trunks blew the door. He tried to get in for a while when he heard his father screaming, but the door was locked. He saw his father with his mother in his arms, and she was alive! Vegeta gestured to him would explain later.
Nafta flew after Lobei. After a few minutes he could grab him. Lobei resisted but he was weaker than him. "Stop fighting. You'd better save your energy to answer my questions! Why did you come here? With what purpose?" Lobei didn't answer. He just looked angry at Nafta. "I have my ways to make you talk." Lobei's eyes bulged out. A tremendous pain flowed through his body. "See? This is what you get when you hurt and kill people. Want some more?" "No....please...no." "Than tell me what you are doing here." "I...can't. He will kill me if I will." "So will I if you don't. Who is 'he'?" "I won't tell!" More pain flowed through Lobei. He almost choked. "Please, have mercy!" "Tell!" "It is the one, him! You know who I mean!" Nafta dropped Lobei. "That can't be. He's just a legend! He was slain thousands of years ago!" "He is still alive, and at full power. And he will kill you, you pathetic Saiyan! And all your friends!" Nafta growled. He blew Lobei up.
Nafta flew straight back to his ship. Lobei told the truth. He had seen it in his eyes, full of hate, and pleasure. It started to rain.
Amon looked surprised as Nafta ran into his room and locked himself up. He knocked on the door. "Are you all right?" No answer. Sedus came. "Nafta, come out and tell us what's going on." Nafta sniffed. He opened his door. "You look pale." "HE is back to life." Sedus grinned. "You must be joking." "IT'S NOT A JOKE!" Sedus and Amon were silent for a few seconds. "You really mean it?" Amon whispered. Nafta nodded. "Oh no. That could mean the end of us all. Of everything alive.
Someone walked into the ship. It was Goku. "Hello? Anyone here?" "Here we are." "Ah. I see. There were a lot of things going on but I don't know what. Maybe one of you can explain?" "A creature took possession of Bulma's body after a friend of that killed her. I removed it, resurrected Bulma, and caught the friend of the creature. He told me why they are coming to earth." "Tell me." "It's quite complex. Thousands of years ago, a monster, Chandor, threatened the whole universe. Because the things he did the balance of energy got distorted. It would have destroyed the whole universe if he wasn't killed on time. A young, but very powerful warrior discovered how Chandor used his powers. He also learned these techniques and how to resist them. He created a very powerful weapon, a blade, with the help of all the powers of heaven. Only this weapon could kill Chandor. He also got a magical armor, so he wouldn't get killed in one blow in battle. With these things he defeated Chandor. After that battle, he taught the techniques to ther people who had the talent for it. These people became the Morts, the protectors of the stability of the energy that flows through all the things. But somehow, Chandor must have survived and I think he's trying to kill us." "Can he only get killed by the sword?!" "Yes" "Where is it?" "In the chaos fortress. The first Mort hid it there. But nobody can reach it. Nobody can survive in there." "So we don't even have a chance to defeat him?" "Without the sword, no." "Wait, maybe I can wish the sword here with the dragon balls." Amon shook his head. "Won't work. Even a dragon won't be powerful enough to do that. I know that, as a Namek." "But...but we can't just do nothing!" "Hold your horses!" Sedus gestured to calm them down. "We can at least try to penetrate the fortress. If we'll die, we'll die trying, not doing nothing. y the way, I think it isn't impossible. I think Chandor is afraid. Why else would he hunt Nafta? Nafta is like the young first warrior, so Chandor must feel threatened by him." Goku nodded. "If you'll need my help, call me. I'll be there! I'll tell my friends now what's going on so they can prepare." Goku flew away.
Amon shook his head again. "He has no idea what we are dealing with. This is not a normal enemy. who will fight with force. This is an enemy who kills his opponents by fear, and with darkness."
Goku spread the word. Another big enemy to fight. But first, the chaos fortress. They would need the sword.
The next day they had a meeting, near Nafta's ship. Everybody was there. Even Vegeta. Nafta knew where the chaos fortress was. At the exact middle of the universe. Inside this fortress there would be all kind of dangers not just monsters, but also another thing that couldn't be fought in normal ways. Nafta was determined to try to get the sword and the armor. Goku said he would go with him. Nafta resisted but Goku didn't give up. Others also wanted to join him knowing the fait of the universe depended on this. Nafta let Piccolo, Goku, Goten and Trunks join him. Bulma also insisted on going with them, since someone had to take car of the technical things. And she had some experience with space travels. Nafta let her go with him, her brains could come in handy. Trunks, Goku and Bulma forced Vegeta to join them too. Whether he liked it or not, he owed Nafta something. Vegeta wanted to say something about his hurt pride when he touched the stone of a thousand curses, but he didn't. He didn't want to explain what happened at that time.
Amon and Sedus would stay on earth to protect it while Nafta was gone.
Next day the party would leave the earth using Nafta's ship, which was already repaired.
