CHAPTER TWO
Hundreds of miles away from what was once Earth, the ship is now resting on an empty planet's moon. Trunks, Pan and Goku sat trying comprehend what has happened to Earth.
The silence in the ship was broken when Trunks began to speak. No one had uttered a word after they had found the rubble left over from Earth. "I don't understand it, something must have happened when we were gone. Yet. there was no warning, Mother never signaled us or."
Pan jumped up from the couch she was sitting on and ran over to grab Trunks hand. Trunks had been pacing around the living quarters but stopped at the feel of the warm hand that suddenly moved over his. "They are all to strong to die! They must have escaped, they would have found a way to survive -."
"Mother would have tried to reach us by now brat! Can't you get that through your thick Son head!" Trunks shouted at Pan, yanking his hand away from her and upsetting her balance. Pan went crashing to the floor with a dull thud.
"T-trunks!" gasped Pan as her eyes filled up with tears. Trunks face faltered at the sight of her crumpled on the ground. Goku jumped off his chair to help Pan up, but she jerked her arm away and crawled a few paces towards the door to the bathroom. She then stood up and ran to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
Goku turned his attention to the motionless figure of Trunks. "Hey don't yell at my grand daughter!" he shouted in his childish voice. Trunks blinked, and refocused his eyes onto the small boy in front of him.
"Very sorry Goku-san" Trunks replied quietly, "sorry Panny" he said a bit louder. A sniff came from the bathroom in response. "I can't figure this out though, Mother sent no warning whatsoever, she would never do that, she would have left a signal of some sort. Something big and fast must of took them by surprise, something-." Trunks stopped, his voice choking on his words. Goku looked up at Trunks face and knew that he was hurting as much as the rest of them were.
"Trunks go and talk to Pan and make her come out!" said Goku, hopping on one foot.
"Goku, I think she needs a little time on her own to think."
Goku nodded his head furiously. "I know, but I really have to go!"
Trunks raised his eyebrows at the boy and realized why he was hopping. "Hold it."
"Okay." came Goku's sad reply. The room returned to silence, Pan's sniffing drifting back out into the living quarters. "Can't we ask someone what happened?" Goku asked quietly, now gazing towards the bathroom door.
Trunks snorted and turned to Goku. "Who would know something like that?"
"For a supposed genius Trunks, you aren't very smart" called a disembodied voice that seemed to be all around them yet no one else was in the room.
"King Kai!" shouted Goku gleefully jumping into the air at the sound of his old friend's voice. "What happened on earth? Where is everyone? Do you know where I left my bowl of rice?"
"Ah Goku, I see that you never change, one question at a time boy, I can't answer all of them at the same time. oh Goku, Bubbles and Gregory say hi".
"Tell them I say hi back, oh and if you see Pikkon, let him know that I wanna have another -."
Goku was interrupted by Trunks hand clapping over his mouth. King Kai gasped at the suddenness that Trunks had displayed. "If you don't mind Goku, would you stop talking and let King Kai tell us what in hell is going on?"
"Very sorry Trunks" came the muffled reply.
King Kai cleared his throat. "Well boys I don't know how to quite say this so I will be blunt. Earth exploded a few days ago. Out of nowhere it seemed that an evil force, much powerful that anything I have ever felt, fell upon the planet." King Kai stopped, not too sure on how to go on. "Well" he began again, "it came so quick that no one was ready for it. As suddenly as it came to Earth it left, leaving behind nothing but rubble. I am sorry but I don't believe that anyone survived, at least no one that I can contact."
The room became silent after King Kai's response. Nothing moved except the stars twinkling that could be seen from the window. A sniffle came from the bathroom, breaking them all out of their trances.
Trunks turned his head to look out he window. 'It isn't possible. Mother and Father can't die, they have always beaten death before. to a point.' "This evil. it beat my father?"
"Yes"
"And Son Gohan?" Trunks asked, his voiced lowered so the ΒΌ saiyan could not hear them from her bathroom perch.
"Gohan too."
Goku snapped his head up towards the ceiling at the mention of Gohan's name. "Where did this monster force come from!" he demanded angrily.
"Well I do know it was from the other side of the galaxy, and it had something to do with an ancient power. However, I don't recall ever hearing of a power there, it has always been a quiet place, except for that evil monster, but he could never be that strong.or could he? I doubt anyone alive remembers that creature-"
"What creature are you babbling about old man!" yelled Trunks again.
King Kai's voice exploded into the room. Giro, who had been hiding in the cabinet when the voice began to speak, now bolted to the control room, slamming the door down behind him. "You insolent little man! How dare you speak to me, King Kai, like that! Of all the nerve!"
"So sorry King Kai" Trunks replied in mock sadness "I guess I forgot that you are so important compared to the rest of us. I just thought you might like to recall that we have no clue what you are talking about!"
"Well I-" King Kai paused, his words suspended in the air "oh, I guess you wouldn't know what I was talking about after all! Well I can't say that there ever was anything that strong out there, but I do know that the system which I think the evil force came from was the old home planet of Bibidi."
"What's a bibidi?" asked Goku, looking confused.
"Bibidi was an evil magician who created Buu, the one that came to earth with Babidi, yet I don't think that he ever left anything on that planet. it wasn't really his planet, but he lived there for hundreds of years learning the dark arts from his teacher."
Trunks whose eyes had darkened at the mentioning of Babidi's name now looked alert as the voice continued to fill in the details of Bibidi. "Who was his teacher and what happened to him?"
"Bibidi's teacher was Akuma. Akuma taught Bibidi what he knew and Bibidi then killed his master in return." King Kai laughed "Nice way to return the favor!"
"So Akuma is dead then, did he have any more pupils?" Trunks thoughtfully pondered.
"No, the Grand Kai made sure to keep a note on who dealt with Akuma. He was a rather shifty magician and quite powerful. I had thought he was immortal. I guess not though!"
Goku sat back down on the chair and said in a cool voice, so unlike himself "Whatever destroyed Earth we will destroy it."
King Kai said his good byes to Trunks and Goku, each of them silent replying back. 'This doesn't look good, now does it? I hope they remember about the Namekian dragon balls. Maybe I should go back and mention it. Yes I should after all-.'
King Kai then heard a whoop from the ship followed by several excited voices. 'Hmmm, I guess that Trunks does have a head on his shoulders'.
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Please review. Thanks. This is my first story and it will be a VERY long one. The next chapter should be up before Nov. 2002. If you are really desperate to read it, I have an unedited version you can email me for. Ciao! ~Kitty~
Hundreds of miles away from what was once Earth, the ship is now resting on an empty planet's moon. Trunks, Pan and Goku sat trying comprehend what has happened to Earth.
The silence in the ship was broken when Trunks began to speak. No one had uttered a word after they had found the rubble left over from Earth. "I don't understand it, something must have happened when we were gone. Yet. there was no warning, Mother never signaled us or."
Pan jumped up from the couch she was sitting on and ran over to grab Trunks hand. Trunks had been pacing around the living quarters but stopped at the feel of the warm hand that suddenly moved over his. "They are all to strong to die! They must have escaped, they would have found a way to survive -."
"Mother would have tried to reach us by now brat! Can't you get that through your thick Son head!" Trunks shouted at Pan, yanking his hand away from her and upsetting her balance. Pan went crashing to the floor with a dull thud.
"T-trunks!" gasped Pan as her eyes filled up with tears. Trunks face faltered at the sight of her crumpled on the ground. Goku jumped off his chair to help Pan up, but she jerked her arm away and crawled a few paces towards the door to the bathroom. She then stood up and ran to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
Goku turned his attention to the motionless figure of Trunks. "Hey don't yell at my grand daughter!" he shouted in his childish voice. Trunks blinked, and refocused his eyes onto the small boy in front of him.
"Very sorry Goku-san" Trunks replied quietly, "sorry Panny" he said a bit louder. A sniff came from the bathroom in response. "I can't figure this out though, Mother sent no warning whatsoever, she would never do that, she would have left a signal of some sort. Something big and fast must of took them by surprise, something-." Trunks stopped, his voice choking on his words. Goku looked up at Trunks face and knew that he was hurting as much as the rest of them were.
"Trunks go and talk to Pan and make her come out!" said Goku, hopping on one foot.
"Goku, I think she needs a little time on her own to think."
Goku nodded his head furiously. "I know, but I really have to go!"
Trunks raised his eyebrows at the boy and realized why he was hopping. "Hold it."
"Okay." came Goku's sad reply. The room returned to silence, Pan's sniffing drifting back out into the living quarters. "Can't we ask someone what happened?" Goku asked quietly, now gazing towards the bathroom door.
Trunks snorted and turned to Goku. "Who would know something like that?"
"For a supposed genius Trunks, you aren't very smart" called a disembodied voice that seemed to be all around them yet no one else was in the room.
"King Kai!" shouted Goku gleefully jumping into the air at the sound of his old friend's voice. "What happened on earth? Where is everyone? Do you know where I left my bowl of rice?"
"Ah Goku, I see that you never change, one question at a time boy, I can't answer all of them at the same time. oh Goku, Bubbles and Gregory say hi".
"Tell them I say hi back, oh and if you see Pikkon, let him know that I wanna have another -."
Goku was interrupted by Trunks hand clapping over his mouth. King Kai gasped at the suddenness that Trunks had displayed. "If you don't mind Goku, would you stop talking and let King Kai tell us what in hell is going on?"
"Very sorry Trunks" came the muffled reply.
King Kai cleared his throat. "Well boys I don't know how to quite say this so I will be blunt. Earth exploded a few days ago. Out of nowhere it seemed that an evil force, much powerful that anything I have ever felt, fell upon the planet." King Kai stopped, not too sure on how to go on. "Well" he began again, "it came so quick that no one was ready for it. As suddenly as it came to Earth it left, leaving behind nothing but rubble. I am sorry but I don't believe that anyone survived, at least no one that I can contact."
The room became silent after King Kai's response. Nothing moved except the stars twinkling that could be seen from the window. A sniffle came from the bathroom, breaking them all out of their trances.
Trunks turned his head to look out he window. 'It isn't possible. Mother and Father can't die, they have always beaten death before. to a point.' "This evil. it beat my father?"
"Yes"
"And Son Gohan?" Trunks asked, his voiced lowered so the ΒΌ saiyan could not hear them from her bathroom perch.
"Gohan too."
Goku snapped his head up towards the ceiling at the mention of Gohan's name. "Where did this monster force come from!" he demanded angrily.
"Well I do know it was from the other side of the galaxy, and it had something to do with an ancient power. However, I don't recall ever hearing of a power there, it has always been a quiet place, except for that evil monster, but he could never be that strong.or could he? I doubt anyone alive remembers that creature-"
"What creature are you babbling about old man!" yelled Trunks again.
King Kai's voice exploded into the room. Giro, who had been hiding in the cabinet when the voice began to speak, now bolted to the control room, slamming the door down behind him. "You insolent little man! How dare you speak to me, King Kai, like that! Of all the nerve!"
"So sorry King Kai" Trunks replied in mock sadness "I guess I forgot that you are so important compared to the rest of us. I just thought you might like to recall that we have no clue what you are talking about!"
"Well I-" King Kai paused, his words suspended in the air "oh, I guess you wouldn't know what I was talking about after all! Well I can't say that there ever was anything that strong out there, but I do know that the system which I think the evil force came from was the old home planet of Bibidi."
"What's a bibidi?" asked Goku, looking confused.
"Bibidi was an evil magician who created Buu, the one that came to earth with Babidi, yet I don't think that he ever left anything on that planet. it wasn't really his planet, but he lived there for hundreds of years learning the dark arts from his teacher."
Trunks whose eyes had darkened at the mentioning of Babidi's name now looked alert as the voice continued to fill in the details of Bibidi. "Who was his teacher and what happened to him?"
"Bibidi's teacher was Akuma. Akuma taught Bibidi what he knew and Bibidi then killed his master in return." King Kai laughed "Nice way to return the favor!"
"So Akuma is dead then, did he have any more pupils?" Trunks thoughtfully pondered.
"No, the Grand Kai made sure to keep a note on who dealt with Akuma. He was a rather shifty magician and quite powerful. I had thought he was immortal. I guess not though!"
Goku sat back down on the chair and said in a cool voice, so unlike himself "Whatever destroyed Earth we will destroy it."
King Kai said his good byes to Trunks and Goku, each of them silent replying back. 'This doesn't look good, now does it? I hope they remember about the Namekian dragon balls. Maybe I should go back and mention it. Yes I should after all-.'
King Kai then heard a whoop from the ship followed by several excited voices. 'Hmmm, I guess that Trunks does have a head on his shoulders'.
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Please review. Thanks. This is my first story and it will be a VERY long one. The next chapter should be up before Nov. 2002. If you are really desperate to read it, I have an unedited version you can email me for. Ciao! ~Kitty~