Chapter 3: Chemical Traces
Gohan woke up to a low-lit room, unable to move. His eyes started to adjust what light was present and looked around.
"Gohan, are you awake?" he heard a voice call out.
"Oolong? Are you here too?"
"Yeah, some freaky looking guy nabbed us and took us to some kind of space ship. He put us in a prison cell of some sort."
"Is that where we are?" Gohan asked, locating Oolong beside him.
"Yeah, and now he had up chained to the wall."
Gohan struggled to break free, but it did nothing. He tried to raise his power level, but all he could feel was a numbing sensation when he did. The light in the cell suddenly intensified to a normal setting, though both of them had to adjust there eyes again. A door, on the other side of the small room, slid open. The same pale figure Oolong had seen stepped in followed by a dark haired human in black armor. Oolong became scared of them, but Gohan kept a serious face.
"Ahh, you've waken up," the pale one said, "Good. You seem to be in perfect health."
"Who are you?" Gohan blatantly asked.
"Don't address Lord Talusk like that, you son of a bitch!" the one in black armor snapped. Gohan winced at the remark.
"Now, Drago," Talusk said, "there is no need for you to use your planet's profanity at the boy."
"I'm sorry, sire."
"You're from earth?" asked Gohan.
"I am," Drago answered, "Lord Talusk is not."
"Yes, I am what you earthlings call a cyborg. My original race is Odinian, but I left my home world to become the greatest hunter in the universe."
"You're nuts," Oolong insulted, "you look like a techno freak."
Talusk looked at Drago.
"Piggy," the human said. Oolong's pants suddenly leaked out urine.
"Ahhhhggg, how did you know that?"
"I have had my eye on your group for some time," Drago answered, "I investigated you, Goku, Bulma, and Master Roshi since King Piccolo invaded the earth."
"Then why are you with him?" Gohan asked referring to Talusk.
"When the other Saiyans came to earth, Lord Talusk had his eyes on the Dragon Balls of legend. He found me looking for them, and I offered to help him, if he gave me what I wanted."
"And, I did. After Frieza was defeated, most of his brightest scientist were up for hire," Talusk continued, "Four of them are here on the ship. They cyberneticly enhanced me and gave Drago ki enhancing armor. They also build advanced fighting machines called Crones that are searching for the Dragon Balls as we speak."
"So what do you want the Dragon Balls for, and why did you wait so long to get them?"
"Drago told me they could grant immortality. At first, it did not intrigue me, but later when I grew lazy of hunting; I started to look into it. Cell was a threat although, and you made a wish after you defeated him, so we had to wait a year for them to be used again."
"Is that why you captured me? To find them?"
"No, the three Crones are programmed to find them. I want you for another purpose."
"And that would be?"
"Oh, you'll see," Drago stepped in, "He will show his intent when the time comes, Saiyan."
"That will be enough, Drago," Talusk ordered. Both of them started to walk out of the cell.
"Jackasses," Oolong said.
Drago turned around and started to say, "Pig…"
"Ok! I'll shut up!"
The door slide back closed behind them, and the room dimmed back down.
Bulma examined the device with her computer for the fifth time. She was growing tired, but she kept on going. Everyone else was just out side the open door way of the lab.
"Why are we just standing here?" Chi-Chi asked franticly, "My Gohan is missing. We should be trying to find him."
"Don't worry, Chi-Chi," Yamcha said attempting to comfort her.
Turning around, Chi-Chi snapped at the former dessert bandit, "Don't tell me to calm down!" Yamcha fell back towards Vegeta.
"You haven't dealt with the female species for a long time, have you human?"
"Well, you have Bulma." Yamcha sniffed the air a few times. "Whoa, do any of you smell that? I just noticed it. Did someone just crap in their pants?"
Everyone sniffed the air and agreed that something definitely smelled, except Krillin. Yamcha traced the secant right to Vegeta.
"Oh man, Vegeta! I know you're an alien, but we have somewhere to go dump your crap."
"IT IS NOT ME!"
"The who is it?"
"Well…Trunks smelled funny and…"
Everyone turned towards Vegeta, even Bulma and 18. It was silent for several seconds. As everyone looked, Vegeta started to turn red while trying to hide it. Yamcha sniffed again.
"Is that baby powder I smell on you, Vegeta?"
Laughter followed, but it was short lived. Bulma went back to work analyzing the device.
"It is a chemical releasing device," she started, "but the chemical seems to be a type of anesthetic. It looks like it was designed solely for the purpose of hindering a person's power level from rising."
"What cowards!" Vegeta yelled out. "What ever captured Gohan has to resort to hindering him from getting stronger! Only weaklings would resort to such tactics."
"Don't worry, Vegeta. It seems to be only effective against half-Saiyans."
"18, can you trace the residue of the guy who kidnapped him and Oolong?" Krillin asked.
"No. I would have done that already."
"What if you had the chemical formula?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah."
"Then we can track what ever it was. The entire room was filled with gas, and Gohan was exposed to it."
"So if he still had some on him…"
"…then we could tack the trail left behind."
"How long before you can have it?"
"About five minutes. The elements are all carbon based."
After that, Bulma went back to work. Yamcha leaned over to Vegeta.
"Should I have them ask you about the stench issue?" Yamcha whispered sarcastically.
"You do, and you will not see the sun rise again."
So, tell me how you like it so far. I will have chapter four out soon. It is where Talusk reveals his ultimate plan for Gohan.