The Morgue Saga

Chapter 10





Goku and Gohan sped through the skies, with Sirra draped carefully over Gohan's left shoulder. They flew in silence, keeping all their attention on the different power levels throughout the planet. Suddenly, both of them stopped as a large explosion of energy behind them lit up the mid-day sky. Father and son turned to face the explosion, and both noticed the disappearance of Trunks power level, and the dramatic increase of Morgue's, but only for a split moment. "TRUNKS!" Gohan yelled out, as the explosion became clearly visible on the horizon, and slowly faded away. Goku floated in shock beside his son. Trunks was dead. "Come on son. I'm sorry about Trunks, but we can't stop now." Goku told his son. Gohan wiped the tears welled up in his eyes. Another of his friends was dead, at the hands of Morgue. "Dad. We have to stop him." Gohan said, as he turned back towards Goku. Goku nodded in agreement, but in his mind, he honestly didn't know if Morgue was stoppable. The two headed towards Vegeta and Piccolo, until the two of them were finally in sight. The four warriors stopped in mid-air as they neared each other. Vegeta's face had a look of sullen rage on it. He had seen the explosion, and sensed Trunks death as well. Piccolo had the same stone cold look on his face he usually had. "Vegeta. I'm." Goku started. Vegeta punched him in the face. "Don't even give me your pity! Trunks was a warrior like any of us, and he died an honourable death!" Vegeta said, the pain obvious in his voice.

"Stop it you two! The question now is what do we do to stop this monster?" Piccolo suddenly cut in. The two Saiyans backed down from each other, and looked at Piccolo. "And second of all, who's that?" Piccolo asked, pointing to the unconscious alien warrior on Gohan's shoulder. "I don't know who he is, but he's the one who took on Morgue, and actually managed to do some damage.but it looks like he lost that fight. I was just about to suggest we go see Dende, you know, get him to heal us all up.maybe some training." Goku said. "There's no time to train! Morgue would surely find us up there!" Vegeta shouted out. "No. He wouldn't. Morgue has one weakness. He can't sense energy levels, which gives us the advantage of surprise." Goku shot back. Vegeta thought for a while. "And what of the people of Earth? Are they to merely suffer while we train?" Vegeta asked harshly. Goku looked deadly serious. "We're no good to protect them now. If we fought Morgue with the power we have now, he would destroy us all, and then who would help everyone? I hate to say it, but we'll have to leave them on their own for now." Goku said. Vegeta had nothing to say to that. "Alright then, let's head over to Dende's lookout." Piccolo said. Just as the warriors were about to leave however, came another voice.

"Kakarott! Prince Vegeta!" It was Radditz. He carried a shocked Bulma on his shoulder. Radditz floated beside them now, and handed Vegeta his wife. "I saved her, but Trunks insisted on staying behind to fight Morgue.Bulma's had that look on her face since the explosion." Radditz explained. Vegeta looked at her face. Bulma's eyes were wide, and teary. They seemed to just stare, and she said nothing. A low growl emitted from Vegeta's lips. "Where did this Morgue come from!" Vegeta said, clenching his free hand into a fist. Radditz looked guilty, in his new armour and blue spandex he'd gotten from Bulma. "I can explain that." Radditz suddenly said. Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and Piccolo all looked over to him. "Well, save it, we should get to the look-out first." Goku told his brother. With that they all took off towards the lookout. Along the way, they accumulated most of the other warriors. Marron, 18 and Krillin met up with them about halfway there. Goten, who had become separated from the others, finally caught up, carrying Chi-Chi in his hands. Gohan stopped to get Videl and Pan as well. When they all finally arrived at the lookout they found Tien, Choitzu, and Yamcha already there, waiting alongside Dende and Mr.Popo. Vegeta finally snapped Bulma out of her trance. She was now crying, with her face buried in her husband's chest. Neither of them had any idea where Bra was now. Gohan lay the alien captain down on the floor of the lookout.

Dende quickly healed him, and Sirra woke up with a start. Vegeta then came over, with Bulma still crying at his side. "Now that you're awake, perhaps you can tell us who the hell you are." Vegeta said. Sirra looked around, a bit confused. He figured himself to be dead when he lost to Morgue. Sirra rose to his feet. "I am grateful that you all saved me." Was the first thing he said. " I am Captain Sirra, of the Death Soldier's bounty hunters." He then added, answering Vegeta's question. The Z warriors looked at him a bit confused. "Well, what are you doing here?" Krillin finally asked. "I have come here to hunt and destroy Morgue. We thought we'd defeated him six years ago on a distant planet named Dellona, but he has now returned, on this planet and we have come to stop him once more." Sirra explained. "You keep saying 'we', well where the hell are the rest of your men then?" Vegeta asked angrily. "I only ask, because I think they might be able to help with Morgue a bit, MAYBE!" Vegeta shouted. Sirra smiled and revealed a small portable keypad that was in one of he compartments of his belt. "This is Captain Sirra, do your read me Temrok?" Sirra asked into a speaker in the keypad. "Affirmative Captain, this is Hunter 1, we have a lock on your position, and Charrok has returned from patrol. He told us you were dead sir." Temrok replied. "Hmm, no, not quite. Some, friends, pulled me out of trouble. Bring the ship around to my position." Sirra ordered. Sirra putt he communicator away after Temrok replied the affirmative.

"So, about Morgue, Radditz, how did he get here in the first place?" Goku the asked his brother. Radditz had hoped they had forgotten him. "Well, he is here, because of me." Radditz said a bit guiltily. Goku nodded. "Yes, Morgue mentioned something like that when I fought him at Kame House. What did he mean?" He asked Radditz. Radditz let out a sigh, and began to tell his story.

Meanwhile, Morgue flew around Earth, destroying the odd city when it fit his fancy. "Like small insects." Morgue remarked as he fired a blast at a freeway, destroying cars, and the people inside them. "Where are the warriors of this planet. They were attacking me from left and right before, and now they seem to have vanished into thin air!" Morgue asked himself out loud. The hulking super-warrior then looked at his surroundings, and noticed a small deserted military base. Well, nearly deserted. Morgue noticed a small pink creature wandering around the base. "Buu." Morgue muttered. After seeing how useless Cell and the others had been, Morgue didn't bother bringing them back. He figured Buu to be dead as well. Morgue sped towards the military base and landed in front of Buu in an instant. Buu yelped in surprise. "Morgue, sir.ah, heh, I was just." Buu stammered. Morgue grabbed Buu by the throat. "Going somewhere Buu?" Morgue asked, drawing his face close to Buu's. Buu struggled. "I never imagined you to be a deserter Buu." Morgue said, squeezing harder on Buu's throat. Buu then liquefied and re-solidified in front of Morgue. "Morgue, Goku defeated me, he's much stronger then the last time I fought him. And, and he let me live. He told me to leave the planet, but I was planning a surprise attack." Buu quickly explained as Morgue walked towards him. "I can tell you where he is Master! Please!" Buu began to shout. Morgue stopped. "Can you?" He asked. Buu slowly nodded.

"YOU WISHED MORGUE HERE?" Vegeta shouted, lunging at Radditz. He tackled Radditz to the ground and punched him in the face at least ten times before anyone was able to pull him off. "Let me GO!" Vegeta said through gritted teeth as he tried to wriggle out of Goku and Gohan's grip. Luckily, none of them had gone Super Saiyan, which proved they had managed to keep their wits about them. Radditz stood up, and wiped the blood from his mouth and nose. After Vegeta had calmed down, Goku and Gohan let him go. "I'm Sorry, Kakarott, and my prince. I have failed as a Saiyan warrior." Radditz said sorrowfully to the other Saiyans. Vegeta spit on Radditz feet. "You do not deserve to be called a Saiyan, if you fell for such a simple trick." Vegeta turned his back to Radditz. "Get out of my sight." He said as he walked away. Radditz faced his brother. "Radditz, why'd you do it?" Goku asked with a shocked voice. "I wanted my revenge, but now I see you all truly trusted me, that you all considered me one of you. I am unfit to be around any of you." Radditz said sadly. He turned and flew off the tower. "Radditz, wait!" Goku shouted. Gohan held him back. "We've got to let him figure things out on his own dad." Gohan told his father. Goku watched as Radditz faded into the distance. He wasn't flying fast. He must've sensed the same thing as Goku.

"Here are the Dragonballs Goku. Mr.Popo and I have been saving them, just in case something like this happened." Dende said as he lay the seven orange balls in front of Goku. Goku thanked him and turned to the others. "Ok, we know the Dragon can grant us two wishes. What should they be?" Goku asked. For a moment no one said anything, then Vegeta stepped forward. "As you know Kakarott, we need to get some serious training in a very short amount of time, and I don't think the hyperbolic time chamber is going to cut it this time around. We should wish for an improved training room." He said. Goku nodded. "Vegeta's right. I was going to wish everyone Morgue's killed back to life, then have all of them transported here until the earth below was safe again, but we'll have to wait for that. Any specifics on this new chamber Vegeta?" Goku asked. Vegeta thought for a moment. "Four people, instead of two, should be allowed in at one time. Two years pass in a day instead of one, giving the people who are training more time. Enough food and facilities for all of them of course, and more intense training effects." Vegeta said. Gohan stood beside his father and wrote this all down. He passed the list to his father. Goku looked it over. "Ok, good. The second wish?" Goku asked with an inquisitive look. Again, everyone fell silent, thinking what the next wish should be. When no one said anything, Bulma piped up. "Wish Trunks back!" she shouted. Goku looked over to her. Her eyes were red from crying. Goku thought about this. "Ok, we'll wish back our friends then. Hopefully they can get to us before Morgue finds them again." Goku said. He turned towards the Dragonballs and raised his hand. With the usual incantation he summoned the great dragon. The sky became black, and waters churned. Lightning flashed in the sky.

"What the hell is going on!" Morgue shouted as the world went nuts around him. Buu looked around in confusion as high winds ruffled the tents in the army base. Lightning flashed nearby. "It think they summoned the Dragon!" Buu shouted over the winds. Morgue clenched his fist in anger. "Where are they Buu?" He shouted to the pink villain. "I don't know quite yet Morgue! They seem to be hiding their power levels for the moment!" Morgue batted Buu away and shouted in anger, destroying several of the buildings closest to him.

"I will grant you two wishes, ask them and they shall be granted." The dragon's voice boomed down at Goku. "Dragon, my first wish is for an improved Hyperbolic Time Chamber, with capacity, food and facilities for four warriors, and extra year of training time, and higher concentration of gravity and power. Enough to at least quadruple our power every time we use it!" Goku shouted up at the dragon. The dragon's eye's glowed red for a moment, but seemed to be flickering. The large reptile grunted. This obviously wasn't the easiest wish he'd granted, but finally, his eye's glowed brightly. The only visible change to the chamber form the outside is the door changed. It was now a large double-door, with a very fancy design on it. "Your wish is granted. Speak your second wish now." The dragon bellowed. Goku nodded. "Bring Trunks, Master Roshi, and Oolong back to life!" Goku shouted. The Dragon's eyes shone a deep red again. "Your wish has been granted." With that, the Dragon put on a huge light display and disappeared. Everyone watched as the Dragonballs flew through the air, and were hidden away. No one said anything for a moment, and then Vegeta spoke up. "I sense him. Trunks! He's alive!" Vegeta exclaimed. Bulma's face lit up at this news. "Ok, someone has to go get him. No one is to power up around the tower, because we have to keep it safe from Morgue." Goku said. Vegeta looked at him with confusion. "I thought you said he couldn't sense power levels?" Vegeta said, a bit irked. "He can't. But I sense him, and he's with Buu right now, and Buu would be able to figure out where we are. That's why Radditz flew away as slowly as he did, and I assumed that's why you didn't go Super Saiyan when you attacked Radditz." Goku said with a serious tone to his voice. Vegeta laughed. "I didn't go Super Saiyan because I knew I didn't need to. Pounding Radditz hardly requires that." Goku ignored him. Bulma ran to the front of the pack. "I'll go get him, and Master Roshi and Oolong with my chopper!" Bulma exclaimed. She tossed a capsule to a clear spot on the tower and a small transport chopper appeared in a puff of smoke. Krillin entered the chopper beside her. "You'll need someone to sense his position. So far he seems to be staying where he is, but he'll probably start moving around. At least this way I can power up to catch up with him without bringing Morgue to the tower." Bulma nodded, and the two of them took off.

At the rubble of the large Capsule Corps dome, stones began to stir. Trunks busted out of the pile of concrete and ruined lab equipment. He guided his hand to the blade sticking into his chest. It was glowing with a yellow light. He cringed with pain as he began to remove it. "Ah. Got it." Trunks muttered as he pulled it out. As soon as he did, the wound closed, and healed instantly. He was back. "Must've wished me back." He said slowly standing up. His legs still felt a little wobbly. He looked around him, the city was in ruins and completely deserted, save for a few corpses. He looked down at himself. His trench coat was tattered and torn like his shorts. He also had a large hole in his shirt where Morgue had stabbed him. "Better not power up. Don't know if he can sense me or not, but I don't want to risk it. I've got to find the others." He thought to himself. He kept his power level low by running instead of flying.

To Be Continued.

I dunno how many times I have to write this, but I do not own DBZ, just the characters I created, Morgue, Charrok, Temrok, and the rest of the bounty hunters that have yet to be introduced.