Chapter 9
"Hello Vegeta," Herman smiled. "I think you met my counter-self in another timeline. I am Karin's brother, Herman as you know. I have...powers."
"So," Gohan shrugged. "Why are you here now?"
"I am here to tell you, Yajirobe and Karin are now part of the list of deceased."
"What!" Goku jumped from his seat. "Karin? Yajirobe? Who did it?"
"Remember Tranculus and Olios?" Herman asked.
"How can we forget?" Trunks snorted.
"Well, as you know, Olios was completely destroyed. But unfortunately Tranculus was not. Tranculus is an android, he is the killer."
"But he was never that smart," Goten argued. "We can trick him easily."
"No, you see an army of mindless drones seems like the perfect army right? But if the person controlling the army is away from it for too long, it will remain motionless and will rust, or another will use it. If that army falls into the wrong hands it can be an indestructible enemy. Tranculus has a personality implanted in him. If the controller, Olios, is destroyed it is activated and the android can think. But this also has a downside."
"The android can destroy allies," Gohan thought outloud.
"Yes," Herman nodded. "But in this case not allies. Olios was not the real enemy. His boss, a human named Nabukia, is the real challenge."
"A human?" Vegeta laughed. "Well a mere human can not defeat us!"
"True," Herman said. "But his is no mere human. He used to be a biology teacher in a collage on Earth. His human name was David Solomon. He was kidnapped by a race called the Badftie. They steal the natives on planets to use in a few ways. To experiment on them, put them on display or to educate them. David was an experiment.
"He was a project to see how they can cure old wounds from wars and such. It worked. At least for them. David was able to live without any skin on him and he can heal instantly. His power level is close to nothing but he developed in a new way. In order to heal he gained the use of having total control of his body. During the procedure he gained a dislike for a few races.
"Vegeta, you think Freeza destroyed your planet. Think again. Freeza know about the legend sure, but he thought nothing of it, it was a rumour to him. But the only reason he started to think about it was because of Nabukia. He has the ability to cross into dreams. He spent a lot of energy and time convincing Freeza to take Vegeta and blow up the rest of the planet.
"You don't know it Vegeta but you have a device in you. Once, when you were training on Freeza's ship, remember the series of needles they gave you?"
"Yes," Vegeta frowned. "That doctor kept me for an hour poking me with several needles but they were vaccines."
"There was only 25 vaccines if you recall," Herman smiled grimly. "All the other children received 25 but you got 26. One was a viewing device. For the entire period of your life, Nabukia has been watching you. He knows all about you, anyone you've met, power levels, memories, who you are closest too. In fact he is watching right now."
At that everybody straightened and looked around for a pair of eyes. Herman sighed annoyed. "Not here! He sees you as Vegeta sees you!"
"You mean he's watched us-" Bulma stopped red in the face.
"Yes," Herman said. "He is heading to Earth now."
"How do you know this?" Goku asked.
"He's been in my dreams," Herman smiled. "Once I've met a person my powers let me know every secret they know."
"WHAT!" everybody in the room yelled.
"Don't worry I'm very trustworthy," he chuckled. Then his face turned grim. "But there was one secret he was blocking. He has a certain hate for one Saiyan, but I don't know who. Not anyone on Earth but he seems to want to kill this person too."
"When did you say he was coming?" Vegeta asked politely. Goku looked at him surprised.
"I didn't," Herman smiled. "He will be here in 6 months, but he has sent his best fighters before him. They will get here in 4 months. I suggest you start training. Oh and you Saiyans have nothing to worry about but Tranculus is after anybody and everybody you are close to, your mates, friends, anyone with a fighting level above 3 they you are close to. And please don't hate Tranculus for what he is doing. He has too or the fate of a few million sentient lifeforms will die."
Then Herman disappeared in a flash of light they made even Vegeta and Goku cover their eyes. When they regained their sight Trunks was the one to break the silence.
"Er, let's plan?"
* * *
"So they know," Nabukia smiled as well as he could. "This Herman... he is interesting. I will never contact him again. Tranculus is doing his job. For now. I will have to keep an eye on him."
* * *
"Ranmata. Can you tell me another story?" Tara asked looking at him from her seat on his lap.
Ranmata gulped down the rest of the dish he was eating and picked up another plate. "You mean you didn't learn your lesson last time with the Yowling?"
"Nope!" Tara flashed a grin. "Plus, you're here to save me!"
Ranmata grinned despite himself. He swallowed the rest of his mouthful and tipped a glass of something down his throat. Tara looked up at him pathetically.
"It's you fault you know," he smiled. "You know when you give me that look I can't refuse."
"I know!" she grinned. "This time I want it to be about a girl! Not a wussy boy!"
"Wussy boy?" Ranmata tried to sound offended. "I'm a boy!"
"No, you're a Saiyan!" she grinned. Joey walked up to them and jumped on Ranmata's shoulder, who let out a sneeze. Kara entered the room and plopped on the ground.
"Hi Kara," Ranmata picked up Joey and placed him on the floor. Joey would have none of this and leapt back on his shoulder cuddling with his cheek. Ranmata sighed and sneezed again as Joey's tail brushed the bottom of his nose.
"Hi," she greeted him. "So what are you doing?"
"Ranmata is going to tell me a scary story!" Tara grinned.
"Sure," Ranmata sighed. "But not here. Let's go to my room and get more comfortable."
"Hey Ranmata?" Kara asked as they left the door. "Where am I going to sleep?"
"In my room," he grinned sheepishly. "There was only three bedrooms, two adult and one child but when we left the second adult one got busted up."
"What," she growled low in her throat as Ranmata opened another door. They walked into the room with Kara fuming furiously and Ranmata glowing a vibrate shade of red. They settled on the large bed and Ranmata began his tale.
"This is a story my older sister told me..."
* * *
Tranculus looked at the three people. This was child's play! A midget monk, bald triclops and a weak woman. "But still," Tranculus sighed and cursed his sentimental side. "They didn't do anything to me."
Lunchi didn't see the dark shadow covering the sun in the sky. Nor did she see the orange chi blast that ended her life. Tein and Chouzu stopped sparing as soon as they saw Lunchi kneel over and land face first in the stew she was cooking. Tein ran over to her and lifted her face.
Chouzu gasped as he saw the red blood leaking through the hole in the back of her neck. Then the sun was blocked out. Tein looked up to see Tranculus, hand raised and the light of the blast only just fading.
"You," he growled. "You did this."
"Yes," Tranculus sighed. "I did. Please tell my other victims I'm sorry when you see them in heaven?"
Tein jumped at the android fist raised. He tried to slam his blow into Tranculus's neck but it was blocked by a huge hand. Tein gasped the tried again. This was blocked too. He attacked in a flurry of kicks and punches aimed at any weak points a human would have but all of them were blocked.
Tein stopped and wiped the sweat from his brow glaring at Tranculus in hate. Tein jumped back at the large android trying to catch him off guard.
Chouzu shook Lunchi's should even though he knew nothing would wake her. He gathered any courage he could find and looked up at the fight in a grim realisation. He knew Tein couldn't kill this enemy. He also knew that the Saiyans would never find them anytime soon and someone had to warn them. Chouzu watched as Tein was thrown to the ground.
Taking a deep breath Chouzu snuck into the woods to avoid attention. In his mind he told Tein of his plan.
~ Tein, I'm going to warn Goku! ~ Chouzu said as he ran hoping that Tein was still alive to hear the answer.
~ Go, ~ Tein spat the blood from his mouth as he stood shakily to his feet. ~ I'll hold him off. ~
~ Good luck Tein, ~ Chouzu said as he ran.
~ You too Chouzu, ~ Tein prepared to launch another attack on the mammoth.
"Ready to die?" Tein taunted Tranculus.
"I'm afraid you'll be the one to die," Tranculus gave him a watery grin. "Them I'm going to have to kill your friend as soon as I find him."
"You'll have to get through me first," Tein tried to sound tougher then he was feeling right now. He closed his eye s concentrating. Suddenly he let out a yell and split into three forms. "I mean US!"
Chouzu finally made it to the end of the woods. He stopped and gasped for breath. Then he pushed down his power level even more and took to the air, taking huge jumped over the barren landscape.
Tein fell to the ground and his three forms smashed into him. Tein managed to flip himself over and look at the android. Tein wasn't surprised to find him hovering there calm and not even in a sweat.
"You may have beaten me," he pushed passed his bloody throat. He coughed and spat it out. "But you will never beat Son Kun."
"Goku will never know you are dead," Tranculus said.
"You forgot someone," Tein grinned despite the intense pain he was in. "Goku will find out. And you never want to get Goku mad."
"The little mime," Tranculus muttered to himself. "Well your little friend can't hide for long."
"Long enough," Tein grinned Tranculus landed on the ground beside him and grabbed the front of his shirt.
"What do you mean?" Tranculus growled. Tein frowned and closed his eyes. Tranculus looked at his curiously.
"SOLAR FLARE!" Tein yelled blinding him. Tranculus dropped Tein in pain and clutched his eyes. Still in agony, he shot a small blast from his hand that hit Tein right in the chest disintegrating the lower part of his heart. He fell back blood sprouting from his chest and managed to gasp out three words, outloud and in his mind.
"Good luck, Chouzu," he gasped then his eyes closed for the last time.
~ Good luck, Chouzu, ~ Tein's voice reached the short ex-Emperor's mind. Tears ran freely down his face as he realised what the message meant. He poured more energy into his speed now not caring what his power level was.
Finally he saw the city in the distance. His face perked up and he reached a new level of fast. He blazed through the town scattering litter, people and cars. He didn't stop until he saw the Capsule Corp building. He slowed to a normal speed and caught his breath. He reached for the door handle but a body suddenly blocked the way.
"I don't think so," Tranculus's voice taunted as he grabbed the tiny fighter. Chouzu managed to let out a terrified scream before his neck snapped and his body was carried off. Goku looked out the front door wondering who had screamed.
"Oh no," he said quietly as he saw part of Chouzu's hat laying on the ground soaked in blood. "He got Tein and Chouzu."
"Hello Vegeta," Herman smiled. "I think you met my counter-self in another timeline. I am Karin's brother, Herman as you know. I have...powers."
"So," Gohan shrugged. "Why are you here now?"
"I am here to tell you, Yajirobe and Karin are now part of the list of deceased."
"What!" Goku jumped from his seat. "Karin? Yajirobe? Who did it?"
"Remember Tranculus and Olios?" Herman asked.
"How can we forget?" Trunks snorted.
"Well, as you know, Olios was completely destroyed. But unfortunately Tranculus was not. Tranculus is an android, he is the killer."
"But he was never that smart," Goten argued. "We can trick him easily."
"No, you see an army of mindless drones seems like the perfect army right? But if the person controlling the army is away from it for too long, it will remain motionless and will rust, or another will use it. If that army falls into the wrong hands it can be an indestructible enemy. Tranculus has a personality implanted in him. If the controller, Olios, is destroyed it is activated and the android can think. But this also has a downside."
"The android can destroy allies," Gohan thought outloud.
"Yes," Herman nodded. "But in this case not allies. Olios was not the real enemy. His boss, a human named Nabukia, is the real challenge."
"A human?" Vegeta laughed. "Well a mere human can not defeat us!"
"True," Herman said. "But his is no mere human. He used to be a biology teacher in a collage on Earth. His human name was David Solomon. He was kidnapped by a race called the Badftie. They steal the natives on planets to use in a few ways. To experiment on them, put them on display or to educate them. David was an experiment.
"He was a project to see how they can cure old wounds from wars and such. It worked. At least for them. David was able to live without any skin on him and he can heal instantly. His power level is close to nothing but he developed in a new way. In order to heal he gained the use of having total control of his body. During the procedure he gained a dislike for a few races.
"Vegeta, you think Freeza destroyed your planet. Think again. Freeza know about the legend sure, but he thought nothing of it, it was a rumour to him. But the only reason he started to think about it was because of Nabukia. He has the ability to cross into dreams. He spent a lot of energy and time convincing Freeza to take Vegeta and blow up the rest of the planet.
"You don't know it Vegeta but you have a device in you. Once, when you were training on Freeza's ship, remember the series of needles they gave you?"
"Yes," Vegeta frowned. "That doctor kept me for an hour poking me with several needles but they were vaccines."
"There was only 25 vaccines if you recall," Herman smiled grimly. "All the other children received 25 but you got 26. One was a viewing device. For the entire period of your life, Nabukia has been watching you. He knows all about you, anyone you've met, power levels, memories, who you are closest too. In fact he is watching right now."
At that everybody straightened and looked around for a pair of eyes. Herman sighed annoyed. "Not here! He sees you as Vegeta sees you!"
"You mean he's watched us-" Bulma stopped red in the face.
"Yes," Herman said. "He is heading to Earth now."
"How do you know this?" Goku asked.
"He's been in my dreams," Herman smiled. "Once I've met a person my powers let me know every secret they know."
"WHAT!" everybody in the room yelled.
"Don't worry I'm very trustworthy," he chuckled. Then his face turned grim. "But there was one secret he was blocking. He has a certain hate for one Saiyan, but I don't know who. Not anyone on Earth but he seems to want to kill this person too."
"When did you say he was coming?" Vegeta asked politely. Goku looked at him surprised.
"I didn't," Herman smiled. "He will be here in 6 months, but he has sent his best fighters before him. They will get here in 4 months. I suggest you start training. Oh and you Saiyans have nothing to worry about but Tranculus is after anybody and everybody you are close to, your mates, friends, anyone with a fighting level above 3 they you are close to. And please don't hate Tranculus for what he is doing. He has too or the fate of a few million sentient lifeforms will die."
Then Herman disappeared in a flash of light they made even Vegeta and Goku cover their eyes. When they regained their sight Trunks was the one to break the silence.
"Er, let's plan?"
* * *
"So they know," Nabukia smiled as well as he could. "This Herman... he is interesting. I will never contact him again. Tranculus is doing his job. For now. I will have to keep an eye on him."
* * *
"Ranmata. Can you tell me another story?" Tara asked looking at him from her seat on his lap.
Ranmata gulped down the rest of the dish he was eating and picked up another plate. "You mean you didn't learn your lesson last time with the Yowling?"
"Nope!" Tara flashed a grin. "Plus, you're here to save me!"
Ranmata grinned despite himself. He swallowed the rest of his mouthful and tipped a glass of something down his throat. Tara looked up at him pathetically.
"It's you fault you know," he smiled. "You know when you give me that look I can't refuse."
"I know!" she grinned. "This time I want it to be about a girl! Not a wussy boy!"
"Wussy boy?" Ranmata tried to sound offended. "I'm a boy!"
"No, you're a Saiyan!" she grinned. Joey walked up to them and jumped on Ranmata's shoulder, who let out a sneeze. Kara entered the room and plopped on the ground.
"Hi Kara," Ranmata picked up Joey and placed him on the floor. Joey would have none of this and leapt back on his shoulder cuddling with his cheek. Ranmata sighed and sneezed again as Joey's tail brushed the bottom of his nose.
"Hi," she greeted him. "So what are you doing?"
"Ranmata is going to tell me a scary story!" Tara grinned.
"Sure," Ranmata sighed. "But not here. Let's go to my room and get more comfortable."
"Hey Ranmata?" Kara asked as they left the door. "Where am I going to sleep?"
"In my room," he grinned sheepishly. "There was only three bedrooms, two adult and one child but when we left the second adult one got busted up."
"What," she growled low in her throat as Ranmata opened another door. They walked into the room with Kara fuming furiously and Ranmata glowing a vibrate shade of red. They settled on the large bed and Ranmata began his tale.
"This is a story my older sister told me..."
* * *
Tranculus looked at the three people. This was child's play! A midget monk, bald triclops and a weak woman. "But still," Tranculus sighed and cursed his sentimental side. "They didn't do anything to me."
Lunchi didn't see the dark shadow covering the sun in the sky. Nor did she see the orange chi blast that ended her life. Tein and Chouzu stopped sparing as soon as they saw Lunchi kneel over and land face first in the stew she was cooking. Tein ran over to her and lifted her face.
Chouzu gasped as he saw the red blood leaking through the hole in the back of her neck. Then the sun was blocked out. Tein looked up to see Tranculus, hand raised and the light of the blast only just fading.
"You," he growled. "You did this."
"Yes," Tranculus sighed. "I did. Please tell my other victims I'm sorry when you see them in heaven?"
Tein jumped at the android fist raised. He tried to slam his blow into Tranculus's neck but it was blocked by a huge hand. Tein gasped the tried again. This was blocked too. He attacked in a flurry of kicks and punches aimed at any weak points a human would have but all of them were blocked.
Tein stopped and wiped the sweat from his brow glaring at Tranculus in hate. Tein jumped back at the large android trying to catch him off guard.
Chouzu shook Lunchi's should even though he knew nothing would wake her. He gathered any courage he could find and looked up at the fight in a grim realisation. He knew Tein couldn't kill this enemy. He also knew that the Saiyans would never find them anytime soon and someone had to warn them. Chouzu watched as Tein was thrown to the ground.
Taking a deep breath Chouzu snuck into the woods to avoid attention. In his mind he told Tein of his plan.
~ Tein, I'm going to warn Goku! ~ Chouzu said as he ran hoping that Tein was still alive to hear the answer.
~ Go, ~ Tein spat the blood from his mouth as he stood shakily to his feet. ~ I'll hold him off. ~
~ Good luck Tein, ~ Chouzu said as he ran.
~ You too Chouzu, ~ Tein prepared to launch another attack on the mammoth.
"Ready to die?" Tein taunted Tranculus.
"I'm afraid you'll be the one to die," Tranculus gave him a watery grin. "Them I'm going to have to kill your friend as soon as I find him."
"You'll have to get through me first," Tein tried to sound tougher then he was feeling right now. He closed his eye s concentrating. Suddenly he let out a yell and split into three forms. "I mean US!"
Chouzu finally made it to the end of the woods. He stopped and gasped for breath. Then he pushed down his power level even more and took to the air, taking huge jumped over the barren landscape.
Tein fell to the ground and his three forms smashed into him. Tein managed to flip himself over and look at the android. Tein wasn't surprised to find him hovering there calm and not even in a sweat.
"You may have beaten me," he pushed passed his bloody throat. He coughed and spat it out. "But you will never beat Son Kun."
"Goku will never know you are dead," Tranculus said.
"You forgot someone," Tein grinned despite the intense pain he was in. "Goku will find out. And you never want to get Goku mad."
"The little mime," Tranculus muttered to himself. "Well your little friend can't hide for long."
"Long enough," Tein grinned Tranculus landed on the ground beside him and grabbed the front of his shirt.
"What do you mean?" Tranculus growled. Tein frowned and closed his eyes. Tranculus looked at his curiously.
"SOLAR FLARE!" Tein yelled blinding him. Tranculus dropped Tein in pain and clutched his eyes. Still in agony, he shot a small blast from his hand that hit Tein right in the chest disintegrating the lower part of his heart. He fell back blood sprouting from his chest and managed to gasp out three words, outloud and in his mind.
"Good luck, Chouzu," he gasped then his eyes closed for the last time.
~ Good luck, Chouzu, ~ Tein's voice reached the short ex-Emperor's mind. Tears ran freely down his face as he realised what the message meant. He poured more energy into his speed now not caring what his power level was.
Finally he saw the city in the distance. His face perked up and he reached a new level of fast. He blazed through the town scattering litter, people and cars. He didn't stop until he saw the Capsule Corp building. He slowed to a normal speed and caught his breath. He reached for the door handle but a body suddenly blocked the way.
"I don't think so," Tranculus's voice taunted as he grabbed the tiny fighter. Chouzu managed to let out a terrified scream before his neck snapped and his body was carried off. Goku looked out the front door wondering who had screamed.
"Oh no," he said quietly as he saw part of Chouzu's hat laying on the ground soaked in blood. "He got Tein and Chouzu."