Ok people, I'm sorry this took so long to get out, but I had to go to camp in Canada for two weeks, and then on vacation to Florida

Ok people, I'm sorry this took so long to get out, but I had to go to camp in Canada for two weeks, and then on vacation to Florida. Again, I don't own DBZ or its characters, I just like them.

When Trunks touched down at a condemned office building and didn't see any spaceships or threatening looking individuals, he lowered his mother and didn't protest when Pan and Bra landed. Vegeta had gotten there just before he had, and had already begun scouting the area. Trunks decided to do likewise.

"Mom," Bulma faced him "Stay with Pan or Bra, I'm going to check around the back of the building" She nodded as her features were briefly illuminated by the lightening, and Trunks flew around a corner. Pan seemed anxious for a moment, and then spoke.

"Umm…Trunks might need help!" And flew after him before anyone could protest. Bra shook her head.

"Well, I guess that's ok. Dad's over there," She pointed to smaller neighboring building that was also condemned. "And you and I can check out the inside. Let's go!"

"Bra I'm so glad I raised you to understand the difference between something safe and something dangerous." But Bulma followed her anyways.

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Vegeta went on foot now, as there was nothing to see from the aerial view on this building. It was only about 5 stories high, and had a sign that read "DISCOUNT FURNITURE" and he briefly wondered how something the size of a couch was dropped from 5 stories up. As he walked along the side of the building, Vegeta looked in the windows. This didn't make sense. He felt strong amounts of energy coming from the building Bra, Pan, Bulma and Trunks were surveying, but there was something closer to where he was. Vegeta looked back at the woman and his daughter and was surprised they weren't complaining about the rain.

He also noticed that Kakarott's granddaughter was nowhere in sight. She was probably trailing Trunks. Vegeta scowled at the thought of a weak family line such as hers mixing with his royal blood. Vegeta shrugged the thought aside though, because he noticed something on the ground. It was a small black ball, about the size of softball, with something written on one side. It was written in red in a language that couldn't be deciphered because the ball was speckled in some sort of non removable ash. Vegeta noticed that the energy he had felt was radiating from this thing. And though the inscription was illegible, he recognized a symbol atop the ball. It was the crest of a noble saiyan family.

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Trunks had found nothing behind the building or on any side of it. He was beginning to think he was going insane, and he had imagined what he had felt. The thunder crashed again "But then.." he said aloud. Then everyone else wouldn't have noticed it.

"But then what?" Trunks hadn't noticed Pan and was surprised to see she had followed him.

"Nothing" he replied, "Just questioning my sanity." He looked at her in the light the storm provided in flashes. "Pan, I'm not imagining what I felt, am I?"

"Of course not Trunks. There's someone here. I just…. I have a hunch… I mean in my dream… Oh forget it." She turned around. "I'm gonna go find Bra and your mom." Pan had dreamt something like he had? Was that what she had said?

"Wait Pan." He got in front of her. "What kind of dream?" The thunder crashed again.

"Well I…"

"TRUNKS! PAN! YOU GUYS! COME HERE QUICK!" he two turned towards a door to see Bra hollering at them.

Once inside the building, Trunks noticed Bra had summoned all of them…Plus a few extras. Goten, Goku, Gohan, Marron, and Krillin had come out of nowhere. Pan blushed furiously at her father and grandfathers appearance.

"Hi Pan!" Goku said cheerfully. She sighed and gave in.

"Hi Grandpa. Hi Dad" Marron, Pan, and Bra stood together. Vegeta, Goku, Trunks, Gohan, and Krillin spoke.

"Well, all of a sudden it felt like something had exploded through the atmosphere and landed somewhere. So we decided to come here and see what it was." Goku spoke for himself and his two sons.

"It woke me up, so I decided to come too. Marron tagged along because she's home for spring break." Marron gave a disgusted sigh to her dad, and explained to the two girls how she was already on her way out the door when her dad caught up to her.

"So Trunks." Goten was partially drowned out by the thunder. "Find anything?"

""Not me. Bra? Mom? Father?" Bulma and Bra shook their heads. He knew Pan had found nothing, but Vegeta volunteered.

"Of course, I'm the only one to find something. Figures" He mumbled the last part.

"Well then Vegeta, what is it you have?" Bulma demanded. He showed the black ball to the others. Bulma produced a flashlight and shone it brightly on the ball.

"Hey! I've got one of those too!"

"Bulma!" Gohan started, "You said you didn't find anything."

"Well I didn't want it snatched out of my hands before I got the chance to decide if it was important or not. But now that I know it is, I guess you can see it." Gohan approached and outstretched his hand.

"May I?" Bulma nodded, and Gohan looked at it thoroughly. "Well Bulma, you're going to have to take both of these. They need to be cleaned off before they can be deciphered. Vegeta, you don't know what they are, do you?" Vegeta shook his head. After all, he didn't know what they were, just where they were from- vaguely. "Alright then, now what? These two things are obviously the source of some energy, but…"

"Something's not right" Bra finished the sentence for him. She looked around the ground floor as if searching for something to tell her what. The lightening illuminated a hallway, and Bra felt compelled to check it out. As she wandered down the hall, she could her the voices behind her retracing their steps verbally. She noticed a doorway to what looked like just another office at first, but upon closer inspection, Bra saw that the doorway was covered in plant life on the other side. Did it perhaps lead outdoors. She tried opening it, but it was jammed. She first alerted her companions. "Hey! Trunks, I found something. Maybe." Trunks, Pan, Marron, and Goten went to her.

"What's this?" Marron questioned.

""I think it leads outside."

"So open it." Bra looked at the door and smiled. She then drew her leg back, fired it forward, and knocked it down. "Bra." Marron began. " I know the place is condemned, but was that necessary?"

"The door was jammed! Besides…"

"Hey," Trunks walked in. It was some sort of courtyard. Once it had been a beautiful garden, but now it was quite overgrown with weeds and untended plants. "This is," He hesitated as they all walked in. "creepy. I mean, there's so much energy just radiating from in here. Like the plants are, I don't know." The five youths surveyed the area carefully. They were getting soaked, as the rain was still pouring down. The lightening flashed, and Trunks could see something, right in the center of the courtyard was an area of slightly smashed plants. As Trunks approached another flash lit the courtyard, and a man dropped from an open window two stories up.

"NO!" he shouted. "GET AWAY FROM THERE!" He landed on the side of Trunks and began to charge him, when suddenly an energy blast came from behind and knocked the man sideways, slamming him into a cement pillar and breaking it. Trunks turned around to see Pan standing staring intently at the fallen attacker.

"He's not just a crazy salesman is he?" She questioned, not lifting her gaze. Bra, who had been right behind Pan in case she needed the assistance, answered.

"He can't be a regular human, they don't break cement"

"Like we do?" Marron joked. Vegeta, Goku, and the others entered.

"What happened?!?!?!" Bulma demanded. As the others explained, Trunks went towards the bushes. There, tangled in the brush, was a figure. Though it was dark, Trunks could see her. She seemed to glow, in all her beauty. And as the rain bounced off her, and the lightening flashed, Trunks saw that she had long black hair that traced down the curvy form of her fallen figure. It went at least as far as her knees. She wore what looked like a black bikini top. It was traced in gold. Though she was face down, he judged this from the appearance of her back. She also wore a thinly layered skirt of red and black pieces of silk. It hung from a golden chain belt, and for a moment Trunks couldn't process his thoughts. There was something outer worldly about her beauty.

Meanwhile, Pan had wandered out of the group, which was very engrossed in hearing what Bra had to say. She walked over to where her fallen victim lay, and knelt down. She turned him over off of his stomach, and looked him over. He was covered in scratches and blood. He had one deep cut in his chest. Pan became concerned that it was her fault, but she found the burn where she had hit him. The other wounds were not her fault. She brushed some hair out of his face and gasped, it was the man from her dreams. Suddenly the memory came to her. The faint crying and the blood, that girl had cut herself. Why? This man had tried to stop her. She heard him groan faintly, and his eyes cracked open just a little, and lightening flashed. He mumbled something she didn't understand; something about a star and an angel? Pan noticed someone approaching, she turned to see her grandfather.

"PAN! Get away from there!" He gently pulled her up by her arm. "You don't know what he is, or why he attacked. Now come with me!"

"But…" Pan's efforts to explain were fruitless and she let Goku drag her away.

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Trunks knelt down and carefully lifted her into his arms. She was alive, but didn't look it all sprawled out on the ground. Once he stood up, he looked at her face. She had designs trailing from the corners of her eyes, and her lids were painted red. He looked at her body at the next lightening strike. Trunks was startled because it hit only a block away from what he had seen and heard. This girl was covered in blood. He looked her over, there were gashes al over her body and, most alarmingly, her wrists were slashed. "Whoa, I don't know who you are lady, or where you're from, but that guy over there seems to think you're worth the while, so I'll take you with me." And he took her back towards the group to make sure she was known of.

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"You know," Began Marron "I'm willing to bet he was protecting something to attack like that. I mean, look at how beat up he is."

"It looks like there was some heavy fighting. He must have been the winner too, because these wounds could kill him easily, but no one finished him off." Bra's further explanation made perfect sense. Bulma nodded in agreement, and bent down to check his chest wound. She pulled back a piece of what looked like armor. But it was hard to tell in the flashes of light. Suddenly she felt herself being pulled upwards and Vegeta barked at her.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! Don't touch him! He could be dangerous!"

"Oh Vegeta don't be ridiculous. This man isn't even conscious. I want to bring him back to my lab." Uproar went up among the men there. "Quiet down! Bra was right, he's obviously protecting something."

"More likely someone" came Trunks's voice. He walked out of the building with the girl. The others followed instantly.

"What the HELL is THAT!" Vegeta demanded. Bulma repeated the question with more tact, but before Trunks could explain, the neighboring building went up in flames due to a lightening strike, and Bulma jumped. Suddenly the lightening was on them, and the group had to flee.

"I think it'd be a good idea to leave now!" Marron shouted, and she took off, Goten was at her side along with Krillin, Goku, and Bra. Gohan looked at his daughter in question, and Pan signaled she was waiting with the others, so Gohan left reluctantly. Pan looked over at Bulma, who was trying to get Vegeta to allow her to get within 10 ft of the strange man, and failing.

"Bulma, I'll carry him, that way if he tries to hurt anyone, I can fight him." Vegeta scoffed at that. Pan threw him an angry glance, and with the light the fire and the lightening strikes threw, she looked very fierce. Vegeta ignored her and she took off. Trunks went right after her to make sure nothing happened. Vegeta glared at Bulma who was watching Trunks go.

"See what you did now woman!?! Now they think it's just FINE to bring enemies home and NOT KILL THEM!" Bulma just stared into the sky and waited to speak.

"What's the matter Vegeta? Afraid?" He gave her an evil glare, swooped her up into his arms and blasted off into the sky at high speeds, Bulma leaving the echo of an audible squeal.