Trunks looked curiously at the machine before him as his grandfather beamed at it curiously
"What it does grampa?" he asked curiously. He smiled "it's a temporal stabilizer. For the last few
years we've had a few time anomalies occur that has affected our time stream quite a few times
And this will help smooth out the waves so to speak." He nodded blinking in interested "what do
You mean?" he asked. He blinked looking back at him and nodded coming back over and turned
the thing on and showed him the swirling lights filling the screen "things like this son, see, the
Time stream flows like this, see that slight bulge there at the top of the screen?" he asked
touching
It.
He nodded looking and blinked at the read out on the second screen "subject male declines offer
of a lottery ticket." He read. He nodded "if he had taken it, it most probably would have won him
something, its choices in the time stream that affect him and the people around him, that's a
normal time occurrence." He instructed simply. He nodded "that is normal for the time steam,
now things like cell and your counterpart created disruptions in the time stream and disrupted
many smaller occurrences and that's made the stream wildly unpredictable. This machine
monitors the serges and alerts us when something large is about to go wrong allowing us to fix
it."
Trunks looked at him wide eyed "what do you mean?!" he exclaimed. He looked sad "in some
ways we're responsible for the mess the time stream is in. So, it's our duty to watch it for changes
We made and fix them." Trunks nodded understanding looking at the screen as Dr. Briefs went
back to his computer. He blinked looking at it curiously seeing a bulge appear and then slowly go
down and he blinked looking at the monitor "alien force destroyed in assimilation mission." He
murmured softly and his eyes widened slightly as the alarms flared and the bulge swelled hugely
startling him "Grampa!" he shouted in panic.
The old man hurried over along with Bulma and Vegeta who had been passing by his door
"Whats this?" Bulma asked as the professor hurriedly started typing "it changed grampa! It said
Alien force destroyed a minute ago! Now it says alien force successfully depopulated earth!" he
yelled in panic. They looked startled at that and the professor sat up strait as the dome on the top
of the machine flared brightly shooting a beam off into the air. Everyone blinked hurrying to the
windows and gapped in shock seeing the towers of the city some miles from them started to fade
from sight "is everyone here?!" he shouted loudly looking around. He nodded and then looked
pleased seeing something flicker along the dome and Gohan settled to the ground with his father
and little brother looking frantic.
They hurried into the building looking at them in shock "what the heck is going on?!" Goku
exclaimed gapping as they watched the city disappear altogether "what is going on old man?!"
Vegeta shouted at Briefs. He held up a hand continuing to work. He sat back after a minute
looking relieved "it's a good thing you were watching this Trunks, I might not have gotten the
shell up in time." He looked at the people gathered around him and exhaled loudly "I was afraid
of this happening." He said grimly looking at them. He stood strait "this machine here is a time
stabilizer I had built after detecting the ripples Trunks from the future had made when he came
back to us, after a while I saw that the repeated travels had affected the time stream slightly and
have been watching the shifts in the past making sure they didn't affect us here."
They nodded "and now one of them has affected us." Gohan said grimly looking at him. He
nodded "yes. According to the computer, it was a force of aliens that had attacked the Saiya-jin
Homeworld four hundred years ago trying to assimilate its people." He said looking at the page.
Vegeta nodded when they looked at him "it was a chancy thing, we barely destroyed them, it's
what made us known to frieza." He said shortly. Briefs nodded "that point in time is changed.
The new point says that the Saiya-jins destroyed half their force and the rest escaped taking three
of them as test subjects. They came back a hundred years later with an army of golden haired
men and women that had been cybernetically altered. They destroyed Vegeta then they destroyed
King Cols empire, Frieza along with him."
He looked up at them "they took over the galaxy. Uh.... a hundred and twenty years ago they
came to earth and because Humans and Saiya-jins are close genetically, took them in instead of
slaughtering them, they changed them into more of their Saiya-jin cyborgs and took apart
everything man built for spare parts. Thats why theres nothing out there, the earth has been
barren for a century now." They gapped at him in numb shock "everyone...?" Chichi breathed.
He nodded "we here inside this shell are safe from the change because of the stabilizer, but we
have to work quickly, the power generator will only run for a month."
They looked grim "what do we do?" He opened his mouth to answer when the computer beeped
softly and he looked back. He grinned "another spike! It says.... forty people that had been killed
when they resisted escaped the alteration chambers and came back to earth." he mused. They
blinked at him a few times "so there are some people out there?" Goku asked looking stricken
out at the barren world. He nodded "twelve of those people made it here." Gohan looked curious
"maybe they'll help us?" he asked softly. He nodded following the thought "maybe, I don't know
how we can fight this yet, I need time." he murmured. He looked up at them "first things first.
We have a limited amount of food and the power cells that hold the dome, we'll need to look for
these things and get them back here so we can extend our time. I have these belts here that will
keep the time stream from effecting you once you leave the shell. Who's going?"
Goku and Gohan raised their hands at once and he handed two of them over before turning back
to his computer "be careful how you greet the survivors." he advised not looking up. The two
looked at what was before them and didn't answer for a moment "its a little late for that doc." a
new voice rumbled quietly making them flinch. Vegeta and Trunks moved in front of the others
with Goku and Gohan seeing the four dirty warriors in ragged clothing and armor looking at
them from the hanger doors that sat at the back of the room. The tallest one smirked slightly
brushing his hand through his hair pulling the headgear off, his black hair stood up in long spikes
off the top of his head "this is a mighty fine little dome you got here, you can't tell theres a sand
storm out there." he murmured walking over.
He looked them over carefully for a minute before staring at Bulma interestedly "your a human
aren't you?" he asked quietly. She nodded backing away nervously "yes.... why?" He shrugged
"never seen a human before. My mother told me we were once humans but Thats kind of hard to
believe." Briefs came over curiously "you were born like this?" he asked curiously. He nodded
looking away from Chichi who he had been eying "your human too. Where did this come from?
We were using the sandstorm as cover to travel when this place appeared out of no where." he
murmured. He rubbed his head "well... its kind of hard to explain." The other male still standing
by the door snorted "we don't got time for this, when the storm ends the cyborgs will destroy this
place, we should get going before they arrive." he snapped at his companion. He nodded looking
back at him for a moment "I'm deciding whether to take them back to base with us or leave them
to the cyborgs idiot."
Vegeta snorted "who says we need help?" he sneered. They looked at him "because this place is
a bare mile away from an assilmitation breeding center." he said simply frowning a little "either
way, we need to get going now, in twenty minutes this storm is going to die down enough for the
satellites in orbit to see this place and they'll come in and nuke it out from under you." Everyone
looked grimly at the Professor and he scowled a little "thats a problem, we can't repair the time
stream if my equipment is gone." The strangers blinked at him "what do you mean?" the guy
asked. He sighed "the reason we appeared here is because something changed the past and the...
aliens who did all this weren't destroyed when they should have been."
They blinked at him intently "they were supposed to be dead?" he asked confused. He nodded
"the time stream has been acting up for a while and it allowed them to escape when they should
have been destroyed. With our equipment here we should be able to fix the problem, we just need
time to do that." The other three came forward "and... none of this will have happened if you
do?" the shorter girl asked softly. They nodded "the aliens were destroyed on our homeworld
four hundred years ago, the professor says the time steam messed up and allowed them to escape.
Thats why your Saiya-jins." Gohan said simply.
They blinked at them for a few minutes before looking at each other "what do you mean we're
Saya-jins?" the slightly shorter guy asked. They nodded "the tails are a saiya-jin trait." Vegeta
said shortly. They looked at each other and shrugged "so you think you can fix this?" the first one
murmured softly. They nodded "yes, but we need to find a way to save my equipment." Briefs
said looking around. Bulma snapped her fingers "your porta closet." she murmured. He nodded
"we all put on displacer belts and pack up everything we can and leave." he murmured looking
around.
He walked over to his computer and started tapping away. Vegeta snorted grabbing one of the
belts and pulled it on and blinked when the Professor tossed him a small box "you must hold
onto the equipment to keep it from disappearing when the shell is turned off." he said and
stepped back as all of his equipment and vehicals colapsed and folded into boxes that Bulma
quickly packed into a large container "what about this thing?" the guy asked pointing to the
stablizer. He nodded looked at Bulma as she closed up the box and it disappeared into its capsule
form and she pocketed it "ready." she murmured.
He nodded tapping a few keys and it disappeared into a small compact that he quickly slid into
his shirt. Everyone flinched moving away from the walls as the dome fell and the bulding started
to disappear. The strangers watched this a little shocked before looking at the people standing
there being buffeted by the storm. He pulled his mask on and looked around "come on." he said
waving and started walking. They blinked "where are you going?" Goku asked. He snorted "to
our sand runner." he grumped. Vegeta snorted "why? We should just fly!" he snapped. The guy
looked back at him "you do that and the cyborgs will be on us in seconds. We show no power
when we move because that can be picked up." he said firmly and started off again.
Vegeta snorted "do you think I'm afraid of robots?!" he sneered. He waved him off "be my guest,
just wait until we're gone before being a fool." When they reached the hover craft the other guy
growled at him "we're going to be heavy." he grumped. The man snorted at him "would you
rather leave them?" he snapped. He nodded "yes! I'm not sticking my neck out for these fools!"
he snapped. The two looked at each other for a moment before the taller one snorted at him
moving to climb into the craft. Everyone blinked startled when the bulligerent man grabbed him
and yanked him back out of the cabin "we won't make it back to camp with them on board!" he
declaired glaring.
The first one glared harder "this is my car, I say what happens in it!" he snapped getting in his
face. He snarled and suddenly punched him hard knocking him to the ground. He jumped into the
craft looking at the other two "come on! Let the fool die with his new friends!" he shouted
glaring. They looked startled at that and the tall one jumped on with him "I'm sorry but I want to
live!" she shouted at the fallen man as the craft started up and blasted off before she was all the
way in. The other girl helped him up silently and he snarled clinching his fists "why did you let
him do that?! Are you a coward!?" Vegeta sneered.
The man glared at him "if I had stopped him our energy would be detectable. I'll kill him when I
find him." He looked at the Professor narrow eyed "do you have any working craft?" he asked
coolly. He nodded reaching back into his shirt "I do, are the rest that loyal?" he asked frowning.
He snorted not answering "hurry, I doubt we'll make it all the way out but we should be able to
make it to the mountains." They blinked at the angry look on his face as he looked at the
disapating sand storm "what do you mean?" Goku asked. The man snorted "we should have left
ten minutes ago, they'll spot us before we reach cover." he sighed looking resigned and the girl
grabbed his shirt "don't you dare think of that!" she shouted glaring.
He looked at her emotionlessly and she glared "then I'm staying too!" she snapped. He shook
his head "you have to get these people to a safe zone, if I make it out I'll be back in a few
days!" he declaired moving away from her and blinked at the car the professor made appear and
nodded pulling his weather cloak off and shook himself straitening his armor "what are you
doing?!" Bulma shouted. He smirked at them "giving them a target to chase!" he grinned
blasting off into the air and the girl cursed as an alarm on her wrist went off "hurry! The sensor
scans are already bathing this area!" she shouted climbing into the car. Goku looked at his son
and he nodded "see you there!" he shouted grinning before both of them flashed off after him.
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"What it does grampa?" he asked curiously. He smiled "it's a temporal stabilizer. For the last few
years we've had a few time anomalies occur that has affected our time stream quite a few times
And this will help smooth out the waves so to speak." He nodded blinking in interested "what do
You mean?" he asked. He blinked looking back at him and nodded coming back over and turned
the thing on and showed him the swirling lights filling the screen "things like this son, see, the
Time stream flows like this, see that slight bulge there at the top of the screen?" he asked
touching
It.
He nodded looking and blinked at the read out on the second screen "subject male declines offer
of a lottery ticket." He read. He nodded "if he had taken it, it most probably would have won him
something, its choices in the time stream that affect him and the people around him, that's a
normal time occurrence." He instructed simply. He nodded "that is normal for the time steam,
now things like cell and your counterpart created disruptions in the time stream and disrupted
many smaller occurrences and that's made the stream wildly unpredictable. This machine
monitors the serges and alerts us when something large is about to go wrong allowing us to fix
it."
Trunks looked at him wide eyed "what do you mean?!" he exclaimed. He looked sad "in some
ways we're responsible for the mess the time stream is in. So, it's our duty to watch it for changes
We made and fix them." Trunks nodded understanding looking at the screen as Dr. Briefs went
back to his computer. He blinked looking at it curiously seeing a bulge appear and then slowly go
down and he blinked looking at the monitor "alien force destroyed in assimilation mission." He
murmured softly and his eyes widened slightly as the alarms flared and the bulge swelled hugely
startling him "Grampa!" he shouted in panic.
The old man hurried over along with Bulma and Vegeta who had been passing by his door
"Whats this?" Bulma asked as the professor hurriedly started typing "it changed grampa! It said
Alien force destroyed a minute ago! Now it says alien force successfully depopulated earth!" he
yelled in panic. They looked startled at that and the professor sat up strait as the dome on the top
of the machine flared brightly shooting a beam off into the air. Everyone blinked hurrying to the
windows and gapped in shock seeing the towers of the city some miles from them started to fade
from sight "is everyone here?!" he shouted loudly looking around. He nodded and then looked
pleased seeing something flicker along the dome and Gohan settled to the ground with his father
and little brother looking frantic.
They hurried into the building looking at them in shock "what the heck is going on?!" Goku
exclaimed gapping as they watched the city disappear altogether "what is going on old man?!"
Vegeta shouted at Briefs. He held up a hand continuing to work. He sat back after a minute
looking relieved "it's a good thing you were watching this Trunks, I might not have gotten the
shell up in time." He looked at the people gathered around him and exhaled loudly "I was afraid
of this happening." He said grimly looking at them. He stood strait "this machine here is a time
stabilizer I had built after detecting the ripples Trunks from the future had made when he came
back to us, after a while I saw that the repeated travels had affected the time stream slightly and
have been watching the shifts in the past making sure they didn't affect us here."
They nodded "and now one of them has affected us." Gohan said grimly looking at him. He
nodded "yes. According to the computer, it was a force of aliens that had attacked the Saiya-jin
Homeworld four hundred years ago trying to assimilate its people." He said looking at the page.
Vegeta nodded when they looked at him "it was a chancy thing, we barely destroyed them, it's
what made us known to frieza." He said shortly. Briefs nodded "that point in time is changed.
The new point says that the Saiya-jins destroyed half their force and the rest escaped taking three
of them as test subjects. They came back a hundred years later with an army of golden haired
men and women that had been cybernetically altered. They destroyed Vegeta then they destroyed
King Cols empire, Frieza along with him."
He looked up at them "they took over the galaxy. Uh.... a hundred and twenty years ago they
came to earth and because Humans and Saiya-jins are close genetically, took them in instead of
slaughtering them, they changed them into more of their Saiya-jin cyborgs and took apart
everything man built for spare parts. Thats why theres nothing out there, the earth has been
barren for a century now." They gapped at him in numb shock "everyone...?" Chichi breathed.
He nodded "we here inside this shell are safe from the change because of the stabilizer, but we
have to work quickly, the power generator will only run for a month."
They looked grim "what do we do?" He opened his mouth to answer when the computer beeped
softly and he looked back. He grinned "another spike! It says.... forty people that had been killed
when they resisted escaped the alteration chambers and came back to earth." he mused. They
blinked at him a few times "so there are some people out there?" Goku asked looking stricken
out at the barren world. He nodded "twelve of those people made it here." Gohan looked curious
"maybe they'll help us?" he asked softly. He nodded following the thought "maybe, I don't know
how we can fight this yet, I need time." he murmured. He looked up at them "first things first.
We have a limited amount of food and the power cells that hold the dome, we'll need to look for
these things and get them back here so we can extend our time. I have these belts here that will
keep the time stream from effecting you once you leave the shell. Who's going?"
Goku and Gohan raised their hands at once and he handed two of them over before turning back
to his computer "be careful how you greet the survivors." he advised not looking up. The two
looked at what was before them and didn't answer for a moment "its a little late for that doc." a
new voice rumbled quietly making them flinch. Vegeta and Trunks moved in front of the others
with Goku and Gohan seeing the four dirty warriors in ragged clothing and armor looking at
them from the hanger doors that sat at the back of the room. The tallest one smirked slightly
brushing his hand through his hair pulling the headgear off, his black hair stood up in long spikes
off the top of his head "this is a mighty fine little dome you got here, you can't tell theres a sand
storm out there." he murmured walking over.
He looked them over carefully for a minute before staring at Bulma interestedly "your a human
aren't you?" he asked quietly. She nodded backing away nervously "yes.... why?" He shrugged
"never seen a human before. My mother told me we were once humans but Thats kind of hard to
believe." Briefs came over curiously "you were born like this?" he asked curiously. He nodded
looking away from Chichi who he had been eying "your human too. Where did this come from?
We were using the sandstorm as cover to travel when this place appeared out of no where." he
murmured. He rubbed his head "well... its kind of hard to explain." The other male still standing
by the door snorted "we don't got time for this, when the storm ends the cyborgs will destroy this
place, we should get going before they arrive." he snapped at his companion. He nodded looking
back at him for a moment "I'm deciding whether to take them back to base with us or leave them
to the cyborgs idiot."
Vegeta snorted "who says we need help?" he sneered. They looked at him "because this place is
a bare mile away from an assilmitation breeding center." he said simply frowning a little "either
way, we need to get going now, in twenty minutes this storm is going to die down enough for the
satellites in orbit to see this place and they'll come in and nuke it out from under you." Everyone
looked grimly at the Professor and he scowled a little "thats a problem, we can't repair the time
stream if my equipment is gone." The strangers blinked at him "what do you mean?" the guy
asked. He sighed "the reason we appeared here is because something changed the past and the...
aliens who did all this weren't destroyed when they should have been."
They blinked at him intently "they were supposed to be dead?" he asked confused. He nodded
"the time stream has been acting up for a while and it allowed them to escape when they should
have been destroyed. With our equipment here we should be able to fix the problem, we just need
time to do that." The other three came forward "and... none of this will have happened if you
do?" the shorter girl asked softly. They nodded "the aliens were destroyed on our homeworld
four hundred years ago, the professor says the time steam messed up and allowed them to escape.
Thats why your Saiya-jins." Gohan said simply.
They blinked at them for a few minutes before looking at each other "what do you mean we're
Saya-jins?" the slightly shorter guy asked. They nodded "the tails are a saiya-jin trait." Vegeta
said shortly. They looked at each other and shrugged "so you think you can fix this?" the first one
murmured softly. They nodded "yes, but we need to find a way to save my equipment." Briefs
said looking around. Bulma snapped her fingers "your porta closet." she murmured. He nodded
"we all put on displacer belts and pack up everything we can and leave." he murmured looking
around.
He walked over to his computer and started tapping away. Vegeta snorted grabbing one of the
belts and pulled it on and blinked when the Professor tossed him a small box "you must hold
onto the equipment to keep it from disappearing when the shell is turned off." he said and
stepped back as all of his equipment and vehicals colapsed and folded into boxes that Bulma
quickly packed into a large container "what about this thing?" the guy asked pointing to the
stablizer. He nodded looked at Bulma as she closed up the box and it disappeared into its capsule
form and she pocketed it "ready." she murmured.
He nodded tapping a few keys and it disappeared into a small compact that he quickly slid into
his shirt. Everyone flinched moving away from the walls as the dome fell and the bulding started
to disappear. The strangers watched this a little shocked before looking at the people standing
there being buffeted by the storm. He pulled his mask on and looked around "come on." he said
waving and started walking. They blinked "where are you going?" Goku asked. He snorted "to
our sand runner." he grumped. Vegeta snorted "why? We should just fly!" he snapped. The guy
looked back at him "you do that and the cyborgs will be on us in seconds. We show no power
when we move because that can be picked up." he said firmly and started off again.
Vegeta snorted "do you think I'm afraid of robots?!" he sneered. He waved him off "be my guest,
just wait until we're gone before being a fool." When they reached the hover craft the other guy
growled at him "we're going to be heavy." he grumped. The man snorted at him "would you
rather leave them?" he snapped. He nodded "yes! I'm not sticking my neck out for these fools!"
he snapped. The two looked at each other for a moment before the taller one snorted at him
moving to climb into the craft. Everyone blinked startled when the bulligerent man grabbed him
and yanked him back out of the cabin "we won't make it back to camp with them on board!" he
declaired glaring.
The first one glared harder "this is my car, I say what happens in it!" he snapped getting in his
face. He snarled and suddenly punched him hard knocking him to the ground. He jumped into the
craft looking at the other two "come on! Let the fool die with his new friends!" he shouted
glaring. They looked startled at that and the tall one jumped on with him "I'm sorry but I want to
live!" she shouted at the fallen man as the craft started up and blasted off before she was all the
way in. The other girl helped him up silently and he snarled clinching his fists "why did you let
him do that?! Are you a coward!?" Vegeta sneered.
The man glared at him "if I had stopped him our energy would be detectable. I'll kill him when I
find him." He looked at the Professor narrow eyed "do you have any working craft?" he asked
coolly. He nodded reaching back into his shirt "I do, are the rest that loyal?" he asked frowning.
He snorted not answering "hurry, I doubt we'll make it all the way out but we should be able to
make it to the mountains." They blinked at the angry look on his face as he looked at the
disapating sand storm "what do you mean?" Goku asked. The man snorted "we should have left
ten minutes ago, they'll spot us before we reach cover." he sighed looking resigned and the girl
grabbed his shirt "don't you dare think of that!" she shouted glaring.
He looked at her emotionlessly and she glared "then I'm staying too!" she snapped. He shook
his head "you have to get these people to a safe zone, if I make it out I'll be back in a few
days!" he declaired moving away from her and blinked at the car the professor made appear and
nodded pulling his weather cloak off and shook himself straitening his armor "what are you
doing?!" Bulma shouted. He smirked at them "giving them a target to chase!" he grinned
blasting off into the air and the girl cursed as an alarm on her wrist went off "hurry! The sensor
scans are already bathing this area!" she shouted climbing into the car. Goku looked at his son
and he nodded "see you there!" he shouted grinning before both of them flashed off after him.
AUTHORS RANT!!! first chapter! I want to thank Sybersmilodon (Sybersmilodon@aol.com)
for his efforts to make this a more critic friendly story! So? What did you think? Review it for me
and tell!