Sequel to A New Problem
Alex's Note: Yes, yes, it's been a while. Anyway, here it is! I don't have too
much to say really, review if you are feeling generous, if not then just enjoy
^_^
Chapter 20
"What do you say to that?" the teenager's words ran through Goku's
head.
"I think I need to ask my comrades," Goku said. The group quickly
flew to a spot not to far away.
"What do we do?" Goten asked hurriedly. "I say we trust this guy, he seems
safe enough."
"Yea," Trunks agreed. "And anyway, he's a laugh off in the power
field."
"But how can he help us?" Pan asked. "And when did you guys get
back?"
"I don't' really know," Trunk shrugged. "Vegeta suddenly popped out
of his trance and let us loose."
"How many times to I have to tell you," Vegeta said crossly. "I was
not in a trance! The last thing I remember was being at Capsule Corp."
"Good thing too," Gohan rubber his jaw.
"Anyway, what do we do with this guy?" Pan asked and glanced over
her shoulder. Ranmata was kneeling beside Kara and handing her a piece of
a blanket to get the blood off. Tara was covering her eye and muttering
something.
"I don't think we should give him too much credit," Bra said. "He
might have some sort of a plan up his sleeve. Why else would he be so
confident."
"I say we see what he plans to do first," Goku spoke up. "If he decides
to turn on us we can still take him out. But we do not want to loose a
potential ally."
The group looked at Goku in surprise. Goku looked around a little put
down at the disbelieving looks. "What!? He hasn't done anything wrong yet!
We just can't kill him right off!"
***
Ranmata twitched a little as he hears Goku's outburst. They had
forgotten how good a Saiyan's ears were.
"Why do you sound so…political when you meet someone?" Kara
asked as she wiped the last but of red off her head. "You weren't like that
with Tara and me or with that guy at the space port."
"It's first contact," Ranmata settled on the floor. "You have to be
polite but don't seem like a pushover. One of the first things I learned when
my colony met with it's sister ship. They weren't too friendly at that time
and I almost messed up their peace treaty. I've learned ever since."
"Kara, are we going home now?" Tara asked and handed the
squirming Joey into Ranmata's hand. "I haven't seen mom or dad in sooo
long!"
"That's right," Kara brightened. "My own bed, real food-"
"Food!" Tara jumped up and clapped excitedly. "Where!? I'm
starved!"
"First things first," Ranmata said sternly but he couldn't help but
smile at Tara's antics. "We make sure these guys won't kill us, then we get
something to eat."
"Yup, living is sort of important to me," Kara nodded.
"Hey, they're coming back! Look!"
***
Herman smiled as he finally saw the Kami tower in sight. He had
made it without running into any enemies, distractions or life-threatening
situations he just couldn't seem to avoid. He somehow couldn't shake the
feeling that something was different. He spotted a small red object heading
towards the tower too. He gently probed it and sighed when he saw it was
only Zergon.
They both reached the tower at the same time. Herman glanced
around eagerly but found absolutely nothing. An empty wind was the only
sound. He face drained, did Tranculus not follow him because he was killing
the Saiyans?
"Hello there," a friendly voice broke him out of his morbid thoughts.
"Can I help you?"
"You must be Mr. Popo!" Herman dashed up to him, relief flooding in
his body. "Where have the fighters gone?"
***
" We have…" Goku said a little unsure now. "We have decided to
take you up on your offer. How exactly do you plan to help us?"
"I'll just hit the shut down button on him," Ranmata shrugged,
smiling a little. "I can track him now, it should only take a few minutes then
I can explain my problem to you."
"You can't beat him in a few minutes," Bra protested. "He's to
strong!"
"But not very strategic," Ranmata explained. "Plus, I have a trump
card."
"And what's that?"
"You'll find out," Ranmata smirked.
***
"They left!" Herman yelled at Mr.Popo. "What did they leave! Grr,
this is so frustrating! Where did they go!?"
"They went to the new ship that landed," Mr.Popo pointed down the side of
the tower.
"The ship has landed already!" Zergon squeaked. "Not possible!"
"What do you mean, 'not possible'?" Herman asked the little ball of
fur threateningly.
"Er," Zergon looked around nervously. "I'm going to find Sir Veggie.
Bye!"
"Get back here you little runt!"
***
Ranmata had located Tranculus with his modified Scouter and they
were heading there immedently. Kara was secure in Ranmata's arms, Gohan
held Tara and Bra had immedently volunteered to take Joey.
"Get ready," Ranmata yelled. "We are close. You guys stay back! I'll
take care of him!"
"What about me!" Kara yelled over the wind.
"Hey. Goku!" Ranmata yelled to the Saiyan that was right under him.
"Catch!"
Ranmata dropped Kara suddenly and thankfully Goku caught her
before she hit the ground.
"Ranmata!" She yelled up to him. "YOU ARE SO DEAD!"
"Take cover," Ranmata snickered.. they rest of the gang landed in a
small rock quarry and Ranmata stood only on silent air. A desert stretched
below him with several mountains in the way. Ranmata waited patently for
something the others couldn't see.
Kara let out a small gasp when the android suddenly appeared in front
of Ranmata. She could only barely make out the words.
"You are one of the creators?" Tranculus asked questionably.
"Yes," Ranmata answered crisply. "Why are you disobeying orders?
You were designed to only obey Main Base."
"Main Base are morons," Tranculus gave a toothy grin. He glared at
Ranmata. "And as far as I'm concerned so are you."
"Where did you put the bodies," Ranmata asked returning the look.
"What makes you think I kept them?"
"Don't play dumb," Ranmata said perfectly calm but Tranculus could
tell Ranmata was going to try something drastic soon. "You kept them, now
fess up."
"Never."
"Fine, we'll just do this the hard way. Access Code 46573, Voice
recognition Scientist Ranmata GreenWing. Personal password Shadow."
"You won't," Tranculus said nervously.
"DNA strand Y64F54S23D. History file Monks5647," Ranmata
smiled pleasantly at the android. "Operation DeadLock, activate now."
"Activation processing," a computer's voice came from Tranculus
body. "Access confirmed. Operation DeadLock in 3, 2, 1."
Tranculus's body suddenly slumped over and fell to the ground.
Ranmata quickly grabbed it before Tranculus could fall too far. Then he
struggled under it for a minute and called to the others.
"Hey, a little help here!?"
Goku quickly flew out and took the android from him. They landed
beside the others in the rocks.
"Whew, I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that," Ranmata shook his
head sadly. "It's so immoral."
"I can't believe it," Trunks gasped as Goku dropped the tonnage of
metal on the ground. "He's useless now. How did you do it!? I thought for
sure you would be dead on the spot."
"Android Model 3452AF23 is one of my first creations," he smiled
fondly a little. " Well it was more of a joint effort." Ranmata quickly knelt
down beside it and turned him so Tranculus was on his back. He pushed a
small button on the back of Tranculus's neck and a small disk popped out.
"What's that?" Tara asked.
"This is where your friends are stored."
"What do you mean!?" Goku almost grabbed Ranmata. "You mean
they are still alive!?"
"In a matter of speaking," Ranmata placed the disk in his bag. "He
uses their…individual minds to fuel him. That's why his program is so
beautiful. Er, I'll explain later. Right now we have to get to your base of
operations."
"That would be the Lookout Tower," Dende spoke up quickly. "I say
we go there right now."
"What about Tranculus?" 18 asked causing them all to look back at
the pathetic heap.
"I can reprogram him," Ranmata offered. "But it could take a while.
We have to leave him here for now. I have some more depressing news and
I'd prefer to be somewhere a little more safe."
"Then let's go," Dende said and they all took off to the sky again.
***
About half way to Dende's Lookout, Herman and Zergon met up with
the rest of the group. Zergon immedently flew to Vegeta and began to look
him over.
"Sir Veggie! Are you ok?" Vegeta almost batted then little Glavier out
of the way but Zergon looked at him with pleading eyes. Vegeta cursed
under his breath and growled a short, "I'm fine."
"Why did you guys go! You could be killed! Tranculus is out there
and I doubt he will go easy on you! Did you forget what happened to Trunks
and Gohan!?" Herman lecured the group.
"You mean us?" Trunks waved a hand in front of Herman's face.
Hermon backed off a little and looked them over. He caught a glimpse of
Ranmata and started.
"You!" Herman stared at Ranmata. "What are you doing here!?"
Ranmata looked equally surprised. "I don't think I've met you, have
I?"
"No, not here at least," Herman squinted. "Well, what are we waiting
for! Back to the Lookout!"
Alex's Note: Yes, yes, it's been a while. Anyway, here it is! I don't have too
much to say really, review if you are feeling generous, if not then just enjoy
^_^
Chapter 20
"What do you say to that?" the teenager's words ran through Goku's
head.
"I think I need to ask my comrades," Goku said. The group quickly
flew to a spot not to far away.
"What do we do?" Goten asked hurriedly. "I say we trust this guy, he seems
safe enough."
"Yea," Trunks agreed. "And anyway, he's a laugh off in the power
field."
"But how can he help us?" Pan asked. "And when did you guys get
back?"
"I don't' really know," Trunk shrugged. "Vegeta suddenly popped out
of his trance and let us loose."
"How many times to I have to tell you," Vegeta said crossly. "I was
not in a trance! The last thing I remember was being at Capsule Corp."
"Good thing too," Gohan rubber his jaw.
"Anyway, what do we do with this guy?" Pan asked and glanced over
her shoulder. Ranmata was kneeling beside Kara and handing her a piece of
a blanket to get the blood off. Tara was covering her eye and muttering
something.
"I don't think we should give him too much credit," Bra said. "He
might have some sort of a plan up his sleeve. Why else would he be so
confident."
"I say we see what he plans to do first," Goku spoke up. "If he decides
to turn on us we can still take him out. But we do not want to loose a
potential ally."
The group looked at Goku in surprise. Goku looked around a little put
down at the disbelieving looks. "What!? He hasn't done anything wrong yet!
We just can't kill him right off!"
***
Ranmata twitched a little as he hears Goku's outburst. They had
forgotten how good a Saiyan's ears were.
"Why do you sound so…political when you meet someone?" Kara
asked as she wiped the last but of red off her head. "You weren't like that
with Tara and me or with that guy at the space port."
"It's first contact," Ranmata settled on the floor. "You have to be
polite but don't seem like a pushover. One of the first things I learned when
my colony met with it's sister ship. They weren't too friendly at that time
and I almost messed up their peace treaty. I've learned ever since."
"Kara, are we going home now?" Tara asked and handed the
squirming Joey into Ranmata's hand. "I haven't seen mom or dad in sooo
long!"
"That's right," Kara brightened. "My own bed, real food-"
"Food!" Tara jumped up and clapped excitedly. "Where!? I'm
starved!"
"First things first," Ranmata said sternly but he couldn't help but
smile at Tara's antics. "We make sure these guys won't kill us, then we get
something to eat."
"Yup, living is sort of important to me," Kara nodded.
"Hey, they're coming back! Look!"
***
Herman smiled as he finally saw the Kami tower in sight. He had
made it without running into any enemies, distractions or life-threatening
situations he just couldn't seem to avoid. He somehow couldn't shake the
feeling that something was different. He spotted a small red object heading
towards the tower too. He gently probed it and sighed when he saw it was
only Zergon.
They both reached the tower at the same time. Herman glanced
around eagerly but found absolutely nothing. An empty wind was the only
sound. He face drained, did Tranculus not follow him because he was killing
the Saiyans?
"Hello there," a friendly voice broke him out of his morbid thoughts.
"Can I help you?"
"You must be Mr. Popo!" Herman dashed up to him, relief flooding in
his body. "Where have the fighters gone?"
***
" We have…" Goku said a little unsure now. "We have decided to
take you up on your offer. How exactly do you plan to help us?"
"I'll just hit the shut down button on him," Ranmata shrugged,
smiling a little. "I can track him now, it should only take a few minutes then
I can explain my problem to you."
"You can't beat him in a few minutes," Bra protested. "He's to
strong!"
"But not very strategic," Ranmata explained. "Plus, I have a trump
card."
"And what's that?"
"You'll find out," Ranmata smirked.
***
"They left!" Herman yelled at Mr.Popo. "What did they leave! Grr,
this is so frustrating! Where did they go!?"
"They went to the new ship that landed," Mr.Popo pointed down the side of
the tower.
"The ship has landed already!" Zergon squeaked. "Not possible!"
"What do you mean, 'not possible'?" Herman asked the little ball of
fur threateningly.
"Er," Zergon looked around nervously. "I'm going to find Sir Veggie.
Bye!"
"Get back here you little runt!"
***
Ranmata had located Tranculus with his modified Scouter and they
were heading there immedently. Kara was secure in Ranmata's arms, Gohan
held Tara and Bra had immedently volunteered to take Joey.
"Get ready," Ranmata yelled. "We are close. You guys stay back! I'll
take care of him!"
"What about me!" Kara yelled over the wind.
"Hey. Goku!" Ranmata yelled to the Saiyan that was right under him.
"Catch!"
Ranmata dropped Kara suddenly and thankfully Goku caught her
before she hit the ground.
"Ranmata!" She yelled up to him. "YOU ARE SO DEAD!"
"Take cover," Ranmata snickered.. they rest of the gang landed in a
small rock quarry and Ranmata stood only on silent air. A desert stretched
below him with several mountains in the way. Ranmata waited patently for
something the others couldn't see.
Kara let out a small gasp when the android suddenly appeared in front
of Ranmata. She could only barely make out the words.
"You are one of the creators?" Tranculus asked questionably.
"Yes," Ranmata answered crisply. "Why are you disobeying orders?
You were designed to only obey Main Base."
"Main Base are morons," Tranculus gave a toothy grin. He glared at
Ranmata. "And as far as I'm concerned so are you."
"Where did you put the bodies," Ranmata asked returning the look.
"What makes you think I kept them?"
"Don't play dumb," Ranmata said perfectly calm but Tranculus could
tell Ranmata was going to try something drastic soon. "You kept them, now
fess up."
"Never."
"Fine, we'll just do this the hard way. Access Code 46573, Voice
recognition Scientist Ranmata GreenWing. Personal password Shadow."
"You won't," Tranculus said nervously.
"DNA strand Y64F54S23D. History file Monks5647," Ranmata
smiled pleasantly at the android. "Operation DeadLock, activate now."
"Activation processing," a computer's voice came from Tranculus
body. "Access confirmed. Operation DeadLock in 3, 2, 1."
Tranculus's body suddenly slumped over and fell to the ground.
Ranmata quickly grabbed it before Tranculus could fall too far. Then he
struggled under it for a minute and called to the others.
"Hey, a little help here!?"
Goku quickly flew out and took the android from him. They landed
beside the others in the rocks.
"Whew, I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that," Ranmata shook his
head sadly. "It's so immoral."
"I can't believe it," Trunks gasped as Goku dropped the tonnage of
metal on the ground. "He's useless now. How did you do it!? I thought for
sure you would be dead on the spot."
"Android Model 3452AF23 is one of my first creations," he smiled
fondly a little. " Well it was more of a joint effort." Ranmata quickly knelt
down beside it and turned him so Tranculus was on his back. He pushed a
small button on the back of Tranculus's neck and a small disk popped out.
"What's that?" Tara asked.
"This is where your friends are stored."
"What do you mean!?" Goku almost grabbed Ranmata. "You mean
they are still alive!?"
"In a matter of speaking," Ranmata placed the disk in his bag. "He
uses their…individual minds to fuel him. That's why his program is so
beautiful. Er, I'll explain later. Right now we have to get to your base of
operations."
"That would be the Lookout Tower," Dende spoke up quickly. "I say
we go there right now."
"What about Tranculus?" 18 asked causing them all to look back at
the pathetic heap.
"I can reprogram him," Ranmata offered. "But it could take a while.
We have to leave him here for now. I have some more depressing news and
I'd prefer to be somewhere a little more safe."
"Then let's go," Dende said and they all took off to the sky again.
***
About half way to Dende's Lookout, Herman and Zergon met up with
the rest of the group. Zergon immedently flew to Vegeta and began to look
him over.
"Sir Veggie! Are you ok?" Vegeta almost batted then little Glavier out
of the way but Zergon looked at him with pleading eyes. Vegeta cursed
under his breath and growled a short, "I'm fine."
"Why did you guys go! You could be killed! Tranculus is out there
and I doubt he will go easy on you! Did you forget what happened to Trunks
and Gohan!?" Herman lecured the group.
"You mean us?" Trunks waved a hand in front of Herman's face.
Hermon backed off a little and looked them over. He caught a glimpse of
Ranmata and started.
"You!" Herman stared at Ranmata. "What are you doing here!?"
Ranmata looked equally surprised. "I don't think I've met you, have
I?"
"No, not here at least," Herman squinted. "Well, what are we waiting
for! Back to the Lookout!"