Legacy of Chaos

Chapter 11

After returning from Kami's lookout from telling Sukoshin about Sharpner and Erasa, Gohan headed straight to bed. On his way to his bedroom door, Goten's light was on. The only thing he had been doing for the past 10 hours was playing Ico. Gohan groaned as he fell onto his bed. He had to ask himself if he was really willing to kill Videl.

Videl for crying out loud! The girl he'd risk his own life for!

Of course, there was still a chance to bring her back. But if things did get out of hand…he'd have to kill her. He didn't want to think of it like that. Maybe, the real her, was in pain. Maybe by killing her, he was setting her free.

'No!' he thought stubbornly. 'I will not think like that! We're gonna win, just like we always do! And she'll be just fine!' But as strong as these hopes were, his unbearable misery kept coming back to haunt him.

*~*~*~*

'I can't do this. I can't walk into that school, after I know what's happened to her! It's just…too hard! She'll notice the difference! The plan's gonna get blown! I just can't do this!' Gohan was struggling with his conscience. It was Wednesday morning, he was on his way to school, but he couldn't bear to face Videl. Not after what he knew. He just didn't know how he'd react to seeing her like…that. Evil. 'But she's not evil! I just know she isn't. Sukoshin said it herself. We can get her back. Right?' He shook his head clear of those thoughts. 'Must remember that the Armageddon sisters can read minds. If I'm worried all day, they'll catch on.'

Gohan closed his eyes and focused on something else. He landed on the Orange Star High building and went downstairs. He was in the middle of opening his locker when Erasa suddenly came running up to him.

"Gohan! You'll never believe what happened yesterday!" she exclaimed, worried. "C'mon, we gotta find Sharpner."

"Wait, Erasa," said Gohan. "I need to tell you about someone."

"It can wait!" Erasa urged. "We have to find Sharpner now!" She grabbed his hand and dragged him down the halls to Sharpner's locker. The blond boy just happened to be there. "Sharpner! You guys have to hear this!" Erasa looked around, as if she didn't want to get caught by someone. "I went over to the Armagens' yesterday," she said in a hushed voice. Gohan nearly gasped. That was the last place he wanted Erasa. It was too dangerous. "And the whole house was missing!" Sharpner and Gohan gave a double-puzzled look.

"Are…you sure?" Sharpner asked. "You're not kidding, are you?"

"No joke!" Erasa yelled, then quickly lowered her voice. "There was a really shallow hole, about as big as the house, where it used to be, but no pipes, no pool, no skater park, nothing! The whole place was gone!" Gohan had sort of an understanding what might have happened to the building. It was really a spacecraft. The Armageddon Sisters knew Sukoshin was here. They must've hid their ship. "I don't know how to explain it!" Then the bell rang.

"We'll worry about that later," Sharpner suggested. "After school, we'll all go to the house. Okay?" They both nodded. "C'mon Nerd," he said to Gohan, catching him by surprise in a head-lock. "If I can't beat your ass in video games, I'll do it in real life!"

"You wish!" Gohan laughed, lifting Sharpner off the ground and practically carrying him to their first period class. Erasa shook her head, slightly embarrassed.

"You guys are like children," she muttered.

They arrived at Language Arts class, and Ms. Brady gave Gohan and Sharpner a disapproving look.

"Boys, please take your seat," she said to them. Gohan dumped Sharpner to the floor.

"Sorry, miss," Gohan said, shooting a mischievous glance to Sharpner, who was picked himself up and bowing apologetically to the teacher. They raced to their seats while Erasa walked at a saner pace.

After calming down a bit and feeling much better, Gohan looked around for the Armageddon Sisters. Just like he was thinking, they were nowhere to be seen.

'Cowards,' he thought to himself. 'They went into hiding. And Sukoshin-sama had me thinking they were all powerful.' Then, as he was turning back to the front, his eyes skimmed past Videl's seat. Except…it was empty. Gohan back tracked and indeed, Videl was missing as well. 'Oh no…' He looked around frantically, hoping they were just late. But ten minutes went by, and they didn't show up. 'The sisters are gone, and so is Videl!' Without thinking, he jumped from his seat and rushed towards to door.

"Son Gohan!" Ms. Brady thundered. Gohan froze in his tracks. "Where do you think you're going?!"

"Uh…" he gulped. "Saiyaman business."

"You still haven't given me the note from last time." Gohan quickly snatched the police note from his pocket and slapped in onto Ms. Brady's desk.

"I really have to go! Very urgent!" After receiving permission, Gohan was gone. Up in the row of desks, Erasa and Sharpner exchanged glances. They knew something else was up. Gohan only left for Saiyaman business when Videl's watch went off. How else could he know when something's wrong? The two blonds quickly formulated a plan to leave as well.

"Ow!" Erasa whined. "My head hurts!" She held her head in her hands, making it look like she was in a lot of pain. "Ms. Brady, can I go to the nurse's office?" Ms. Brady gave her a look of sympathy.

"Yes, alright," she replied.

"I'll escort her," Sharpner offered. The two teens were out in seconds.

*~*~*~*

Gohan wasn't thinking too clearly. He had put two and two together, and came up with something bad. The Armageddon Sisters were missing. Their house was missing. Videl was missing! Kami only knows where they went, but even Dende wouldn't be of any help at this point.

Gohan was on the roof of his school, preparing to take off, when he heard his name get called. He turned around and saw Erasa and Sharpner.

"What are you guys doing here?" he asked.

"I should ask you the same thing," Erasa retorted.

"I already said so. Saiyaman business."

"You can't be doing Saiyaman business when you don't know about the danger," Sharpner made mention of. "Videl's the one who gets the call. You're the one who helps out. Without Videl, you'd never know when someone's in trouble, or when a bank's getting robbed."

"Besides," Erasa added. "You're not even dressed up." Gohan looked down and realized he forgot to change outfits. "So why are you really ditching school? What's the big urgency?"

"Videl's been kidnapped!" Gohan said in one breath. Erasa gasped.

"What?! How do you know for sure?" Sharpner asked.

"Everything adds up, that how! The sisters are missing, their house is gone, and Videl's not at school. I need to find her!"

"You can just run out looking! It'll take forever!"

"You guys don't understand how important and dangerous this situation is!" Gohan took a breath. "Those Armagen girls aren't what they seem!" Sharpner gave a confused look.

"Omigod! I knew they were bad trouble!" Erasa yelled.

"What are you talking about? You practically fell in love with them."

"Shut up! Let's go find them!"

"Hold on a sec." Gohan stretched out his sixth sense, looking for Videl's ki. And while he was at it, he looked for the sister's ki as well. Both parties came up null.

"What are you doing?" Erasa asked timidly.

"Searching for their life forces."

"How…?" Gohan looked at her, then to the sky. Explaining how he could sense ki would take too long to explain. He just didn't reply to her question. Instead, he levitated into the air.

"Oh no you don't mister!" Erasa snapped. "You aren't going anywhere without us! Videl's our friend too, y'know!" Gohan sighed and grabbed the others carefully.

*~*~*~*

Landing just a few short metres away from where the Armagen mansion was supposed to be, Gohan's hawk-like eyes scanned the wide ditch Erasa had mentioned, but there was no sigh of anything.

"Damn," he cursed silently.

"You see?" Erasa whined. "And if you're right, Gohan, then we're never going to find Videl!"

"Not necessarily," Gohan said. "There's someone you guys should meet. She'll tell you everything about the 'Armagen' sisters and she'll hopefully shed some light on where those girls went with Videl."

"Great! Where is she? We'll use my motorcycle-capsule." Gohan looked up. "What?" Erasa followed his line of sight. "You mean…she's up in the sky somewhere." Gohan nodded. Erasa sighed.

"I don't wanna go flying again!" Sharpner complained. "We could just use my air-capsule."

"Fine," Gohan sighed.

In no time at all, the teens reached Kami's Lookout. They were greeted by Dende and the two Supreme Kais.

"Gohan, back so soon?" Sukoshin asked kindly. "I see you brought the two you spoke of."

"Videl's gone missing," Gohan said flatly. Sukoshin and Kaioshin gasped.

"Stay calm," whispered Sukoshin. "We'll still have a chance. We'll just follow the strategy exactly as planned."

"Are you sure? What if they camped out in front of the Temples? How will we get in then?"

"Um…" Erasa began quietly. "Excuse me…but Gohan promised answers?"

"Oh right!" Gohan said suddenly. "Uh, guys, this is Sukoshin. Uh…this might be hard to explain, but she's like…an entity much more…powerful than God. Uh…"

"Let me try," Sukoshin cut in, placed her hands on Sharpner and Erasa's foreheads. Her hands illuminated for a brief second, then she retracted her hands. "Understood?"

"Wow!" Erasa exclaimed. "And we just need to be at the pyramids in Egypt? Cool! I've always wanted to go to Egypt!"

"No problem on this end," Sharpner said with a salute, as if he was regarding a sergeant. Gohan fell over.

"How'd you do that?!" he stammered. Sukoshin smirked as she tilted her head to the side.

"Supreme secret," she answered.

*~*~*~*

So now the troops of allies had grown exponentially. It had begun with just Sukoshin and Kaioshin, but now everyone knew. Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, Sharpner, Erasa, Bulma, Chi-chi, Goten, Trunks, Krillin, 18, Yamcha, Piccolo, Dende, Mr. Satan, and even little Marron was aware now. And since everyone had been informed, everyone was pulling off their share.

Sharpner, Erasa, Mr. Satan, Chi-chi, Goten, Goku, and Gohan were the 'loved ones' needed to revive the good in Videl. What they were supposed to be doing, well, that was anyone's guess. The only thing Gohan could think of was trying to talk to her, but Videl hadn't seemed very keen on talking back on Tuesday. How else was a loved one supposed to reach their family or friend?

Bulma had some equipment that could monitor the three stars Orin, Helenia, and Garmelon. It was programmed with a countdown (until precise alignment of the stars) to let the Z warriors know how much time they had left. Her computer also had been fitted with a device that tracked the location of the Z warriors, should any of them get injured and needed immediate treatment. Lastly, Bulma provided a cell phone for Goku, in case she needed to contact him while he was in the pyramid. It worked like a walkie-talkie, and Bulma had the other cell phone it was connected to.

As the current and previous Supreme Kai, both Kaioshin and Sukoshin were going to be in attendance. Sukoshin was well aware that her presence both angered and frightened the Armageddon Sisters. The sisters were angered because Sukoshin had sealed their sister away and thus, caused their clan to fall apart. They were afraid because of what they thought Sukoshin had the ability to do the same thing to them. And it was that very fear Sukoshin was hoping to bluff her way through the upcoming battle with them. If she could catch them off guard, just once, it'd be enough to win. She was still disappointed that she couldn't figure out what this 'golden light' was that the Book of the Morning Star spoke of. If only she knew what it was, it'd give them the edge in this battle.

In the mean time, the rest of the Z warriors trained and prepared.

Gohan, Erasa, and Sharpner returned to school Thursday morning and acted perfectly normal, as if their best friend hadn't been taken away and was needed to resurrect an evil capable of wiping out the whole universe and them some, annihilating every existence in its path. Of course, even if one of them let it slip, no one would believe them.

School rolled off Gohan's back easily. He usually skimmed through the work and finished it in minutes. But now, he couldn't concentrate. None of the three could. They were nervous. So much was riding on their friendship with Videl. They had to get her back! They had to…

By the end of the day, Gohan had chewed through 6 brand new pencils. His anxiety was getting worse. All day, he kept looking back to Videl's empty chair, and panic overtook him. After school, he sat on the roof of the school and stretched his senses to their max, but still couldn't read Videl's ki anywhere. He had no idea what those Armageddon Sisters might be doing to her. That thought alone sent shivers down his spine.

After returning home from school, Gohan was greeted by his parents, who also pretended nothing was amiss. He forced a smile and mumbled something about homework before going upstairs. Passing by his little brother's room, he decided to pay Goten a visit. Just as he had guessed, Goten was playing Ico once more.

"I did it!" he cheered. "I beat the game!"

"Good job, tyke," Gohan congratulated. "How'd it end?"

"I dunno…" Goten looked up and around, as if avoiding the question. Gohan sweat dropped.

"You didn't beat the game, did you?" he asked. Goten grinned sheepishly.

"Well, no…but I had you fooled! April Fools!"

"Goten, April's not for another two weeks."

"Yeah, but I figured I should play my prank now in case we all get killed next week by your girlfriend." Gohan wasn't sure what emotion he should've felt: hurt that Goten had little faith in them, annoyed by his comment about 'girlfriend', or amused that Goten was thinking about the future. He rarely had much knowledge of what was going on around him, and the fact he was taking the 'Apocolypse' thing semi-serious was good. So instead of choosing on of the emotions above, Gohan playfully smacked the back of Goten's head.

"Get back to work," he said with a smirk.

"Yes sir!" Goten barked. Gohan chuckled. The little demi still had his military training attitude from when he was learning the fusion dance during the Buu saga. Of course, Gohan wasn't there, but Goku had told him afterwards how Trunks and Goten were acting. Amusing indeed.

*~*~*~*

The upcoming Saturday everyone had anticipated. Well…teens had been waiting for it anyway. Every year, the first Saturday of March Break, Sharpner held a great party at his house. His parents usually left town for some vacation of some sort, and left him all alone. But this year, he cancelled out on everybody. People had asked why, but he gave no reply. Some thought he was wimping out because the Armagens had just had a party, and it was impossible to top theirs. Others thought Sharpner cancelled because Videl was ill and he never had a party without his best friends by his side. Either way, the teens of Orange Star High were greatly disappointed by Sharpner's announcement on Friday morning. The real reason behind his calling off of the party was because he needed that weekend to go over the plan with Sukoshin and all the others.

Saturday wasn't too eventful. Gohan spent lots of time training Goten and Trunks, in case their fusion technique was needed. He himself didn't need too much training because of the Mystic power-up he had received a year ago. Hell, he wasn't even allowed to go Super for fear of blowing up Earth. Of course, he had never actually tried it. He wasn't really sure what the results might be.

Monday, Chi-chi had allowed Gohan to take time off school to train. Everyone was squeezing in last minute training. Everyone was going to fight, if necessary, even Chi-chi, who hadn't spent the last 8 years sitting around the house all day. [1]

Pretty soon, Tuesday morning arrived. No one, not even the all-seeing Supreme Kai Kaioshin, knew the results of their upcoming battle later tonight. It was like the Cell Games all over again. Waiting and patience was not a characteristic found in many Z warriors. Vegeta demonstrated it diligently that morning, as he paced the Capsule mansion, Trunks following closely behind. Anyone could tell the great Saiya-jin Prince was nervous. He did very little to hide his emotions these days. What was the point when no one was impressed anymore?

He wandered into the kitchen and sat down, reading a paper and sipping some coffee. Seconds later, he dropped everything neatly onto the table and wandered into the living room, where he watched TV for half a second. Then he was off again, to the gravity room, sparring alone. Moments passed, and he went to the front yard to cool down. Always behind him during these strange actions was Trunks, watching his father as if trying to find out a clue to something, or learn Vegeta's secret. He was been watching him for several days now, ever since Vegeta had suddenly decided to cook something for the family. Bulma had seemed mildly surprised, but not as surprised as Trunks had expected. Vegeta, the great Prince, his mighty father, took up a frying pan, some ingredients, and an apron, and just started cooking. What surprised little Trunks even more was that the food actually tasted really good. And there was plenty of it too! He had never eaten anything like that meal. Vegeta had mentioned it was a Saiya-jin recipe, only used by the royal cooks.

Since that evening, Trunks followed him, hoping to get him to answer his question, one he had asked at the dinner table once they were done eating: Why? Why did he go through all the trouble of cooking such a fantastic meal? Of course, secretive Vegeta refused to tell.

After about 30 minutes of pacing, Vegeta finally realized he was being pursued. He turned and faced his son.

"Brat, why are you bugging me?" he groaned. Trunks blushed slightly.

"I was…you…never answered me about the meal…" he answered shyly. "It's not every day you just up and cook like that. In fact…you've never cooked before."

"I thought I made it perfectly clear I wasn't going to answer."

"Yeah, but I won't take that as an answer!" Trunks retorted, then quickly covered his mouth. "Oops…" Vegeta was silent for a moment, then grinned. The little hybrid did have some Saiya-jin in him after all.

"Fine…" Vegeta said with another mysterious smirk, a trademark of his. "I was worried…that we wouldn't make it out of this battle…so I thought you and your mother should at least try some of my cooking…should anything happen to me before I get the chance." Trunks was slightly shocked by his explanation.

'Father does care,' he thought happily.

"Now will you please stop following me!" Trunk regained composer and nodded, scampering off with a big smile on his face.

*~*~*~*

Krillin yawned deeply before stretching out the kinks in his back. After a long morning of training, he was sore all over, and needed a well deserved break. 18 and Marron were inside. 18 was teaching Marron about fashion sense, money, and malls, while Marron was teaching 18 how to cook, sow, and wash dishes, activities Chi-chi had taught her.

Marron, for a 5 year old, was very aware of her surroundings and of certain situations. At least, she was now. She hadn't always been very observant. But after the Buu incident, her better side said never let that happen again. Now the simple thought of not knowing what was going on involving her parents scared her. The last thing wanted was to suddenly blink and find everyone gone from her life.

Krillin smiled at the sight of his wife and daughter bonding. He had been worried at first when Marron stopped playing with dolls, but he found that she chose a different path than a regular little girl. She was even showing interest in training, which baffled the ex-monk. Then again, the young girl was just surrounded by fighters of different species. Maybe it was a natural thing.

18 looked up when Krillin walked towards her and Marron.

"Hey, what are you guys up to?" he asked.

"Nothing much," Marron answered. "Mommy taught me about the joys of shopping with lots of money."

"Bulma called," 18 whispered to Krillin. "She wants everyone to meet at her place at midnight tonight so we can all go to the pyramids at once."

"Alright." Krillin shook his head sadly, running his fingers through his hair. "I still can't believe this happened to Videl of all people. I'm just worried things won't turn out for the better. She means a lot to Gohan, and he'd be crushed if something bad happened to her."

"You mean something else bad happened to her, aside from her being brainwashed."

"Yeah well…you know what I mean. If she got hurt or…worse…" Krillin hadn't realized it, but Marron, with her head turned away from them, was listening intently. For adults, she thought, they weren't too bright. Most seemed to think children under the age of 7 were deaf or something and they said things in front of them, things they weren't supposed to say. Krillin and 18 did that a lot around Marron, and she logged most of this information in her head for later purposes.

"So do we have a plan B?" 18 asked.

"I wasn't even aware there was a plan B."

"Then there most likely isn't."

"Sukoshin mentioned something about the hostess essence needed to power up Apocolypse, right?"
"Yeah, a sphere object, blackish red." Marron said nothing as she sowed together a piece of cloth.

*~*~*~*

"Supper's ready!" Chi-chi hollered from the kitchen. Three hungry Saiya-jins came bounding past her and into their seats. Chi-chi smiled warmly at her family as she placed some rice and stew on their plates. She prayed to Dende, the only Namek she was fond of before he became Kami, that this wouldn't their last dinner together as a family. It just wouldn't be fair. She had lost them all at one point of another. Goku twice, in fact. Hell, she even died once herself, foolishly she might add. She still didn't know what she was thinking when she ran up to Buu and slapped him across the face. The only explanation was that she was blinded by rage.

Placing the plates before her family, she took a seat and took rabbit nibbles of her food, compared to the way the others were inhaling their food.

"Bulma gave us a call while you guys were training," Chi-chi stated. "She wants us at her place tonight at midnight. From there, everyone will head to Egypt."

"Cool we're going to Egypt!" Goten cheered. "I hope they have cool puzzles to solve, like in Ico!"

"Ico looked like it might've taken place in Central America," Gohan said quietly. "The ruins looked Mayan."

"Hey Chi-chi," said Goku enthusiastically. "Wanna do a bit of late minute training before we leave?" Chi-chi shrugged. She had already caught up to at least Tien. She knew how to fly, sense ki, and fire energy beams as well.

The rest of dinner was eaten in silence. There was nothing more to say.

*~*~*~*

Doom paced nervously back and forth across the bridge of her ship. The time was nearing closer and closer. She was nervous because she knew Sukoshin-sama was on Chikyuu, but the god hadn't made her move yet. That had Doom very distressed. What if she did something to screw it all up later that night?

"Doom, please, calm down," soothed the ship's computer. "Everything will go as planned. Not even Sukoshin can stop you now." Doom nodded in agreement with the computer.

"You're right," she murmured. "But I can't help but get edgy because of her. Why hasn't she made a move yet to stop us? What if she knows something!"

"Impossible. By my calculations, the chances of her discovering a way to stop the summoning are 0.00001 to nothing. She is a mere mortal."

"So are we! We won't be around in another 2500 years if this doesn't work! Our life span only stretches for 12 000 years! And we're already 10 245 years old." Doom sighed and took a seat in the captain's chair, just as Crisis and Peril walked in.

"We're heading in at quarter to midnight," Crisis stated clearly. "The Water and Terrain elemental cubes are in place and the force fields have been erected."

"How'd you deal with the meddling humans?" Doom asked. Crisis gave a smirk.

"Killed each and everyone of them."

"Good. What about the main temple?"

"We need to be inside to put up the defences. At a quarter to midnight, we'll take Devil down to the Preparation Chamber and extract her essence for the final stage. Then we'll take her back to the Chamber of Power, raise the defences, and just wait. At the crack of dawn, the power of Orin and our birth systems will awaken Apocolypse." Doom raised a brow with a smirk.

"There should be some interesting fireworks tomorrow morning for the humans of this petty planet!"

*~*~*~*

Devil sat alone in her quarters. She had her eyes closed and was sitting Indian style. Meditation was something any well-trained fighter can recognize, and that was exactly what Devil was doing. She was trying to calm her inner, good side. Every since the Armageddon sisters had preformed that spell on her, she had been fighting an internal war with herself. On the outside, it hadn't be easy to spot, but she hadn't had settling thoughts since that Monday lunch time a week ago. The good inside her was desperately trying to claw its way out, but Devil wasn't allowing it. The imbalance was too strong.

'What do you think you're doing?!' cried her good side, Videl. 'You're ruining me life!'

'What do you care?' Devil asked. 'I'm doing you a favour by telling off those wimps you call friends.'

'I can't believe you insulted Gohan's dad! He'll never forgive me.'

'It won't matter because he'll be dead anyway. And besides, everything I said was true, wasn't it? He did keep budding in every when you and him first met. That insufferable little menace, popping in at just the right moment to steal your glory! That's all he's ever wanted and you know it! That's why he began the rumours!'

'Are you blind? It wasn't him who started the rumours! The Armageddon sister started them!'

'Shut up or I'll snuff you out of existence!' Devil's internal argument was abruptly cut short when there was a knock on her door.

"What?!" she demanded angrily. Peril entered the room.

"It's time to shine your darkness," she said with a bow. "My hostess," she added. Devil got up and followed the blue-haired demon to the airlock bay.

From there, they left the ship, where it was parked and cloaked just outside of Cairo. They met up with Doom and Crisis at the base of the abandoned pyramids.

"Are we ready?" Doom asked. "Make sure you didn't forget anything."

"Mother and Father's essence is right here," Peril said, patting the pouch she was holding. Doom signalled them to follow her. They walked along the narrow hallway to the human-dubbed 'Queen's Chamber', and once in that room, Crisis and Peril each placed a elemental cube of their parents into either side walls where there were shafts. Once done, Doom trailed her fingers along the eastern wall until she found a protruding stone. She pressed it once, and the western walls suddenly began carving itself out until a human-shaped ditch in the wall formed. She instructed Devil to position herself in the outlet, where she said the essence-drawing ritual would take place. Standing upright against the western wall, Devil felt her energy being drained. A hissing noise ended the quick procedure and above Devil's head, a blackish red orb formed. Doom grasped it carefully.

"Good, now we head to the Chamber of Power, put this into the western shaft, place the last cube, and then wait."

When they walked into the Chamber of Power, dubbed the 'King's Chamber' by humans, Crisis pulled out the Book of the Morning Star, which she kept in her book bag.

"Raise the defences," Doom ordered.

Flipping to a page, Crisis read aloud, "Now the hostess is in place, evil will now show its face. The hostess gives her mighty calls, rise from the ground, and from the walls." The ground beneath their feet began to tremble as the hall outside the Chamber of Power began to disappear. Walls in the corridor collided with each other while other walls moved out of the way and created misleading passages. Once this was all finished, a door dropped from the roof of the entrance, sealing the room shut, and a throne-like pedestal arose from the floor for the hostess. The dust began to settle as the girls lit a few torches so they could see more than a few inches in front of them.

"6 and a half hours till sunrise," Peril announced. Devil sighed heavily and took a seat on the throne.

"I hate waiting," she muttered.

*~*~*~*

"Is one and all accounted for?" Sukoshin asked softly. Everybody had made it to Bulma's. Erasa had made an excuse with her parents to leave, since she was still living under her folks' roof. Sharpner needed no excuse since his parents were out on a vacation. The Sons, the Briefs, Krillin's family, Yamcha, Piccolo, even Mr. Satan were there. They were all discussing strategy.

"The best way to go," Bulma began. "Is to take an airship. The sisters with notice us if we all came flying in. We need this to be a surprise attack."

"She's got a point," Mr. Satan agreed. "I may not know much about ki, but it seems most bad guys can sense it pretty well. If I'm not mistaken, flying takes ki, and those dreadful sister will know you're coming a mile away." The others nodded.

"What time should we leave?" Krillin asked.

"Sunrise is at 6:34 tomorrow," Kaioshin replied. "We should leave at around 1:00. It'll take much longer to get to Egypt by aircraft. We need to be punctual about this."

"God I'm anxious," Chi-chi muttered. "This is the first time we've had an edge on the enemy. The first time we have a plan, not to just go rushing in, ki blazing. What if this doesn't work?"

"It'll work, don't worry so much," Goku said, comforting his wife.

During their hour wait, the kids were allowed a short nap time, only because none of them had ever stayed up past midnight before, and it was very tiring on them. At 1:00, Gohan's watch beeped. He checked, then looked up at the faces of his friends and family.

"It's time to go," he whispered.

*~*~*~*

[1] For all you original DB fans, you remember when Chi-chi was a fighter? She wore a little cape an' all. (Hmm…that's where Gohan gets it from…the cape, I mean) Also, she was the one who trained Goten in his early years, and helped him become a super Saiya-jin.