Chapter 21
Pan, Trunks, Gohan, Goku, Goten, Vegeta, Piccolo, Uubu, Bra, 17, 18, Herman, Tara and Kara sat on the Lookout and waited for Ranmata to start.
"Who you call Tranculus is a model of an android made by Nabukia's forces," Ranmata chose his words carefully. "Nabukia is a human only he was kidnapped a while back. The species that kidnapped him were scientists and he was their test subject. They demonstrated on him how their scar removing technique worked. It was a big audience, I should know, I was there. I was new in Nabukia's ranks and I had to take notes. Well, there was a drunk Saiyan in the front row and you know Saiyans. No offence to you Prince Vegeta but other then royal lines, Saiyan are idiots."
"This Saiyan was no exception and ended up laughing at Nabukia's screams and Nabukia hated Saiyans after that. He's the one that convinced Freeza that the Saiyans were a threat and Freeza finished them off. Since then he's hunted down stray Saiyans and he thought I was the only one left.
"For some reason or other, he decided not to kill me and took me into his ranks. Since then I've escaped and he's been hunting me down. I don't think he is as worried about you yet or he wouldn't have sent this model, they are really unreliable."
Bra gasped, "You mean to tell us that Tranculus was WEAK?"
"According to more advanced technology Tranculus is from the Earth's Ice Age. There's another threat on the way and they aren't at all gentle. He sent the Insect Group ahead and I'm not too sure why. I think he anticipated my route and sent them here to get me." Ranmata gave a short shudder. "The Insect Group is... unnerving. I've only had bad run ins with them."
"You are a Saiyan right?" Goku asked. "Why is you power level so low?"
"I never trained much. I was raised on a peaceful colony where the worse fight I ever had was who was getting the single room. I've studied my whole life," he frowned. "But I do have a bigger power level then the average ship boost."
"When is this group reaching Earth?" 17 asked.
"A few days. As you stand you are no match for the group. In fact, don't even try."
"Then what do we do?" Pan asked. "You are saying we are going to die. And what about that disk?"
"This thing?" Ranmata held up the disk he had grabbed from Tranculus. "It's where your friends are stored. You see, Tranculus has a unique design and obviously one of my fellow scientists forgot to mention to Tranculus a few major details. Once activated, Tranculus need fuel to maintain his function. Usually, this model is a very obedient type and extremely gentle."
"Gentle! Gentle!" Bra almost shrieked. "I beg to differ!"
"No, he is one of the kinder models," Ranmata confirmed it. "But, from what I got from you on the way over, Tranculus's activator Olios was destroyed. Before that they had destroyed most of the Earth. How did you get it back?"
"We used the Dragonballs," Dende spoke up. "We wished for everything that Tranculus and Olios did to be gone."
"I've heard of Dragonballs. I stopped by the New Namek a few years ago and they help me out. I learned about the Dragonballs and that's where I learned about more about Goku. You have them here on Earth? Well, I guess with Dende as your god..."
"Well, anyway, if Tranculus is so, er, gentle why did he attack us?" Trunks asked.
"He was starving," Ranmata said slowly, still formulating a theory in his head. "That wish undid all the deaths in a mass. Imagine that you were starving, wouldn't you do anything to get food? Wait a minute, I'm talking to Saiyan. Ok, well say you just at a huge meal and was full of energy again. Then it suddenly disappears from your stomach. That's what happened to Tranculus."
"That's horrible!" Goten looked shocked. "No wonder he was so insane!"
"Well anyway, Nabukia ordered Tranculus to kill people in cold blood. That is not what Tranculus was designed for. He was designed for mass destruction so he can feed but not go through the emotional pain. Damn, I knew we shouldn't have put a sentient brain in that model! But this was a 1 in 1 million chance so we went ahead anyway.
"I'm guessing after Tranculus took care of your friends the extra high chi would fill him up more then a normal person but he was ordered not to kill anyone any more. So his robotic self-preservation mixed with his soul had an explosive side affect. He went insane and started to go by his instincts and kill in masses. Hmm, but the village you told me about doesn't fit that. I think he was just glorying in the feast."
"How do we bring them back?" Vegeta eyed the disk Ranmata had been tapping against his foot.
"We have to find their bodies first. I can free their souls but their bodies would anchor them to Earth. Without the natural healing properties we need a machine that will heal the bodies. Then we can free the souls and they can go back to their bodies."
"Why don't they just go to heaven first thing?" Pan asked.
"I can answer that," Herman spoke up. "When a person dies their soul has to separate from their bodies and part of that is acceptance. It's better if the soul can see their body and realise they are dead then they can depart peacefully. If the body is destroyed they can see the resting-place. But if they don't even know where their body is they become restless spirits on the Earth and can not pass into heaven until they see either of those two things. If Ranmata freed their souls now with out their bodies then they would just wander for eternity."
"So we have to find their bodies," Ranmata continued. "And the quick way would be to let them loose beside their bodies and let them depart. But it would take longer to bring them back unless the Dragonballs are active again."
"No, we used them recently," Dende said sadly. " And some of the people have already died and can not be revived by the Dragonballs."
"Then we can go the slightly longer way," Ranmata rubbed his hands together. 'We need to find those bodies fast! Dende, you have healing powers?"
"Yes," he replied hesitantly. "But I am limited to the living, I can't heal bodies."
"No worries," Ranmata grinned. "You do have a medical centre here right?"
"At Capsule Corp," Trunks stood. "We can head back there."
"I can't leave heaven again," Dende held up his hands.
"I'll stay here with you," Herman told Dende. "Just in case something happens, I am more of a fighter then you."
"Alright, then everyone back to Capsule Corp!" Goku took to the air. They all rose. It was then Ranmata spotted Zergon.
"You!" He cried and dove for the fur ball. Zergon squeaked and hid behind Vegeta who defended his little friend from the raging Saiyan. "You little sneak! You are the one who damaged my ship!"
"Hey! Ranny-chan!" Kara yelled hanging from Goku's hand. "Calm down! Now is not the time for grudges!"
"Yea Ranny!" Tara yelled from her clinging point on Gohan's arm. "Don't fight!"
Ranmata reluctantly back off and settled a far distance away from Zergon. "Fine, but you and I are going to have a talk later." Vegeta didn't like the tone in Ranmata voice and resolved to find out exactly how they knew each other.
Pan, Trunks, Gohan, Goku, Goten, Vegeta, Piccolo, Uubu, Bra, 17, 18, Herman, Tara and Kara sat on the Lookout and waited for Ranmata to start.
"Who you call Tranculus is a model of an android made by Nabukia's forces," Ranmata chose his words carefully. "Nabukia is a human only he was kidnapped a while back. The species that kidnapped him were scientists and he was their test subject. They demonstrated on him how their scar removing technique worked. It was a big audience, I should know, I was there. I was new in Nabukia's ranks and I had to take notes. Well, there was a drunk Saiyan in the front row and you know Saiyans. No offence to you Prince Vegeta but other then royal lines, Saiyan are idiots."
"This Saiyan was no exception and ended up laughing at Nabukia's screams and Nabukia hated Saiyans after that. He's the one that convinced Freeza that the Saiyans were a threat and Freeza finished them off. Since then he's hunted down stray Saiyans and he thought I was the only one left.
"For some reason or other, he decided not to kill me and took me into his ranks. Since then I've escaped and he's been hunting me down. I don't think he is as worried about you yet or he wouldn't have sent this model, they are really unreliable."
Bra gasped, "You mean to tell us that Tranculus was WEAK?"
"According to more advanced technology Tranculus is from the Earth's Ice Age. There's another threat on the way and they aren't at all gentle. He sent the Insect Group ahead and I'm not too sure why. I think he anticipated my route and sent them here to get me." Ranmata gave a short shudder. "The Insect Group is... unnerving. I've only had bad run ins with them."
"You are a Saiyan right?" Goku asked. "Why is you power level so low?"
"I never trained much. I was raised on a peaceful colony where the worse fight I ever had was who was getting the single room. I've studied my whole life," he frowned. "But I do have a bigger power level then the average ship boost."
"When is this group reaching Earth?" 17 asked.
"A few days. As you stand you are no match for the group. In fact, don't even try."
"Then what do we do?" Pan asked. "You are saying we are going to die. And what about that disk?"
"This thing?" Ranmata held up the disk he had grabbed from Tranculus. "It's where your friends are stored. You see, Tranculus has a unique design and obviously one of my fellow scientists forgot to mention to Tranculus a few major details. Once activated, Tranculus need fuel to maintain his function. Usually, this model is a very obedient type and extremely gentle."
"Gentle! Gentle!" Bra almost shrieked. "I beg to differ!"
"No, he is one of the kinder models," Ranmata confirmed it. "But, from what I got from you on the way over, Tranculus's activator Olios was destroyed. Before that they had destroyed most of the Earth. How did you get it back?"
"We used the Dragonballs," Dende spoke up. "We wished for everything that Tranculus and Olios did to be gone."
"I've heard of Dragonballs. I stopped by the New Namek a few years ago and they help me out. I learned about the Dragonballs and that's where I learned about more about Goku. You have them here on Earth? Well, I guess with Dende as your god..."
"Well, anyway, if Tranculus is so, er, gentle why did he attack us?" Trunks asked.
"He was starving," Ranmata said slowly, still formulating a theory in his head. "That wish undid all the deaths in a mass. Imagine that you were starving, wouldn't you do anything to get food? Wait a minute, I'm talking to Saiyan. Ok, well say you just at a huge meal and was full of energy again. Then it suddenly disappears from your stomach. That's what happened to Tranculus."
"That's horrible!" Goten looked shocked. "No wonder he was so insane!"
"Well anyway, Nabukia ordered Tranculus to kill people in cold blood. That is not what Tranculus was designed for. He was designed for mass destruction so he can feed but not go through the emotional pain. Damn, I knew we shouldn't have put a sentient brain in that model! But this was a 1 in 1 million chance so we went ahead anyway.
"I'm guessing after Tranculus took care of your friends the extra high chi would fill him up more then a normal person but he was ordered not to kill anyone any more. So his robotic self-preservation mixed with his soul had an explosive side affect. He went insane and started to go by his instincts and kill in masses. Hmm, but the village you told me about doesn't fit that. I think he was just glorying in the feast."
"How do we bring them back?" Vegeta eyed the disk Ranmata had been tapping against his foot.
"We have to find their bodies first. I can free their souls but their bodies would anchor them to Earth. Without the natural healing properties we need a machine that will heal the bodies. Then we can free the souls and they can go back to their bodies."
"Why don't they just go to heaven first thing?" Pan asked.
"I can answer that," Herman spoke up. "When a person dies their soul has to separate from their bodies and part of that is acceptance. It's better if the soul can see their body and realise they are dead then they can depart peacefully. If the body is destroyed they can see the resting-place. But if they don't even know where their body is they become restless spirits on the Earth and can not pass into heaven until they see either of those two things. If Ranmata freed their souls now with out their bodies then they would just wander for eternity."
"So we have to find their bodies," Ranmata continued. "And the quick way would be to let them loose beside their bodies and let them depart. But it would take longer to bring them back unless the Dragonballs are active again."
"No, we used them recently," Dende said sadly. " And some of the people have already died and can not be revived by the Dragonballs."
"Then we can go the slightly longer way," Ranmata rubbed his hands together. 'We need to find those bodies fast! Dende, you have healing powers?"
"Yes," he replied hesitantly. "But I am limited to the living, I can't heal bodies."
"No worries," Ranmata grinned. "You do have a medical centre here right?"
"At Capsule Corp," Trunks stood. "We can head back there."
"I can't leave heaven again," Dende held up his hands.
"I'll stay here with you," Herman told Dende. "Just in case something happens, I am more of a fighter then you."
"Alright, then everyone back to Capsule Corp!" Goku took to the air. They all rose. It was then Ranmata spotted Zergon.
"You!" He cried and dove for the fur ball. Zergon squeaked and hid behind Vegeta who defended his little friend from the raging Saiyan. "You little sneak! You are the one who damaged my ship!"
"Hey! Ranny-chan!" Kara yelled hanging from Goku's hand. "Calm down! Now is not the time for grudges!"
"Yea Ranny!" Tara yelled from her clinging point on Gohan's arm. "Don't fight!"
Ranmata reluctantly back off and settled a far distance away from Zergon. "Fine, but you and I are going to have a talk later." Vegeta didn't like the tone in Ranmata voice and resolved to find out exactly how they knew each other.