"We've gotta get outta here..!" Trunks declared. But he looked around, and the ground was cracking for miles. No matter where he ran, he wouldn't escape.
"Hm...?" Lavender's eyelids flickered. Trunks looked at her.
"Lavender?"
"T..." Lavender opened her eyes. She raised her head to look at him. "Trunks...? Did I... defeat her?"
"Yeah." Trunks nodded. He looked around. "But it looks like we've got bigger problems."
"Huh?!" Lavender gasped, and pulled away from Trunks when she saw what was going on. "What's happening?!" she looked up. "The sky...? Oh my..." she spun around and grabbed Trunks' shoulders. "Trunks! Do you know what's happening?!"
"Well of course I don't!" Trunks protested. "Why? Do you?"
"Look!" she pointed up at the sky. "That's Heaven!" she looked down at the crack in the ground, and gulped. "That down there must be Hell..."
"Heaven and Hell breaking loose?" Trunks asked. He looked at her. "Are you sure?"
"Yes! You gotta believe me!!" Lavender protested.
"But..." Trunks got onto his hands and knees and looked down one of the cracks. "It can't be.... - HOLY HELL!!" he quickly leaned backwards and just about escaped from a huge flame that rose from the crack. Out with it came...
"C - Cell?" Trunks' jaw dropped. Cell smirked down at him.
"Heya!"
"Aaah!" Trunks and Lavender jumped as a voiced came from behind them.
"Buu!"
~~~
"What's happening?!" Bulma screamed.
"An earthquake?" Goku shrugged. "I'll go check." he ran outside Capsule Corps, and froze at what he saw. Saiyans, all of which he didn't recognize; Bab - Babedi?! And Debura... Brolli?! Kold, Coola, but where was Frieza? There was Raditz and Nappa... oh God... his brother.... and who was that other guy?
"D - Dad?!" Goku stared at the saiyan that looked just like him. Frieza had once said that the two had looked just like each other. Goku had been so young when he'd left Planet Vegeta he couldn't remember what his father looked like, but this guy must be...
The man turned, and saw him. His eyes widened.
"Kakarotto?!?!"
~~~
Meanwhile, someone had sneaked in through the back door of Capsule Corps. "Would he really be here?" Well, he could look. He didn't have a clue where Vegeta was so he might as well go anywhere. He made his way down the corridors, glancing in at the rooms as he past. Nothing of interest. Just bedrooms. Then, he came to a different room. There was a regeneration tank. A regeneration tank? He didn't know earthlings had them. He made his way over to it, and looked at the person inside.
"Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me..."
He sighed, and banged his head against the front of the tank. It cracked a little.
"Oh shit!" he stopped instantly. He looked at the tank. Ah, it'd be okay. He sighed, and looked up at Vegeta. He was meant to surprise him. Jump out of nowhere and scare him. How could he do that now? He looked at Vegeta's wounds. Had his arms and legs been broken? They looked strange.
"I'm gonna be here for a while..." he mumbled. "Ah, what the heck. Everyone's gonna trash the place, so while you wait, why don't you have some fun?" he smirked, and headed for the exit.
~~~
"Are they still chasing us?!" Trunks called. Lavender looked over her shoulder.
"Hey... they're gone..."
"Gone?" Trunks stopped, and hovered in mid air. "Guess they got bored. They're probably gonna go after Goku... we gotta find Goku!"
"Where did he go?" Lavender asked.
"He went to take my dad to a regeneration tank, he's probably still at my house. Come on!" Trunks flew off.
~~~
A flame shot up from one of the cracks, and Frieza rose up from the ground. He looked around him. Hell's entire population was here - and Heaven's. The angels from Heaven tried to desperately to protect themselves from the sinners of Hell, but they were outnumbered.
"Hey, they started to riot without me." Frieza smirked. He looked down the crack. "Zarbon!"
"Coming, sir!" Zarbon rose up, followed by Dodoria. The Ginyu Force were already out somewhere. Zarbon looked around.
"Look like five minutes and this planet will be dead."
"So why don't we join in while we still can?" Frieza said. He smirked, and raised his fist into the air. "We're having a party!!"
"Yeehaw!"
~~~
"I can't believe it's really you..." Bardock approached his son. He smirked. "Geez... you look just like me."
"Hey," Raditz came up beside his father. "Haven't seen you for a long time, brother." he said.
"... Hi Raditz." Goku mumbled. "Listen, if you two are here to cause trouble, then you'll have to fight me."
"What?" Bardock looked at Raditz. "You see that? I haven't seen him since he was a baby and he wants to kill me." he looked back at his youngest son. "Y'know, that hurts."
"... Sorry..." Goku replied. He didn't want to hurt it, it was just that anyone who knew him only came to kill him.
"Guess I'm the sensitive one in the family." Raditz laughed. Bardock ignored him. "So, Kakarotto, weren't you sent here to purge this planet? What happened?"
"It's a long story." Goku replied. "But basically, I have friends here."
"Human friends?" Bardock looked at him. "You weren't supposed to befriend them. Next you'll be telling me you have a child."
"I have two sons." Goku told him.
"What?!" Bardock gasped.
"Two?" Raditz repeated. "But the last time I came there was only one. Who's the other?"
"Wait - you knew about this?!" Bardock stared at him. "Why didn't you tell me?!"
"You never asked." Raditz shrugged.
"Goku!" Trunks' voice called.
"Who's that?" Bardock asked, looking at the teenager.
"Vegeta's son." Goku replied.
"Prince Vegeta has a kid?!?!" Bardock looked at Raditz.
"I didn't know, I swear!" Raditz protested.
"Goku, Babedi and Cell are out." Trunks said as he and Lavender landed.
"Everybody in Hell's out!" Goku protested. "There's everybody from Heaven, too! What's happening?"
"Do you two know anything about this?" Trunks frowned at Bardock and Raditz.
"Nope." Bardock shook his head. "The gateway to Hell just opened. Something but have set it off, but none of us know what."
"Maybe..." they all turned to look at Lavender when she spoke. "Maybe it's because Keppaku couldn't complete her task..." she said. "Maybe if she dies before she is supposed to, and hasn't rid the world of all sinners... then the afterlife worlds fall apart..."
"Keppaku?" Raditz looked at her. "What the hell are you talking about, kid?"
"Never mind." Goku said.
"Hey, are you two gonna help us sort out this mess?"
"Mess?" Bardock repeated. "Are you crazy?" he smiled, and looked around. "This is great! Free at last!"
"What?!" Trunks gasped.
"They're destroying Earth!!" Goku protested.
"Earth should have been destroyed a long time ago." Bardock shrugged. "Besides, I got killed trying to protect my home planet - and they send me to Hell. Where's the justice in that?" he shook his head. "No way. I'm not going back there. Earth can find its own hero, I'm done with all that." he flew off. Raditz followed him.
"This is really bad..." Goku mumbled.
"Goku, is Goten okay?" Trunks asked. Goku's eyes widened.
"Oh my God!! Chichi!" he sped off.
"Shit!" Trunks followed.
"Hey, wait!" Lavender was going to follow them, when she saw someone in the distance. She glared at him.
"Finally..." she hissed, and sped off towards him.
~~~
Vegeta awoke.
"It's about time." a voice said from outside the tank.
"Huh..?" Vegeta frowned in confusion. He knew that voice from somewhere... no... it couldn't be...
The liquid went away, and Vegeta could step out of the tank. He looked around, trying to find the owner of the voice. But he saw no - one.
"What the...?"
"Boo!"
"AAH!!" Vegeta jumped as a pair of hands grabbed his shoulders. This was followed by laughter.
"Geez, I can't believe you did that!" the voice laughed.
"No way..." Vegeta knew who that was. "You..." he turned around, and his eyes widened when he saw his father.
"What - - How - - Aren't you dead?!" he choked.
"Oh, that's nice." King Vegeta said. "I've not seen you in over thirty years and you want me to go back to Hell?"
"How did you come back?!" Vegeta demanded. King Vegeta shrugged.
"Dunno. I heard a rumor that the Black Hope couldn't complete its mission..." he shook his head. "Don't ask me what The Black Hope is. I don't know."
"Keppaku..." Vegeta mumbled. He looked at his father. "Does this mean everyone in Hell is here? Frieza's here?!"
"Yep." King Vegeta nodded. "Me... Frieza..." he smirked. "Frieza's boyfriends... we're all here."
He walked towards his son.
"But anyway, who cares?" he looked at Vegeta. "I wanna know what's been happening." he grabbed Vegeta's hair, and pulled his head back so Vegeta was staring up into his cold eyes. Vegeta gritted his teeth in agony as King Vegeta held him there, examining him.
"Geez... Frieza had his fun with you alright." King Vegeta said. "Look at the state of you, boy. And weren't you taller than that the last time I saw you?"
"Get off my back." Vegeta snarled.
"Hm." King Vegeta let go of him. Vegeta shook his head, shaking the pain away. He glared at his father.
"And we both know why Frieza had his fun with me..." he hissed.
"Oh yeah, that." King Vegeta didn't seem to care less. "Well, at least he gave you an attitude problem. Aggression is the key to strength."
"You make it sound like you gave him to me just so he could make me into a warrior." Vegeta said coldly.
"Nah. I had no choice in the matter, else you know I wouldn't have." King Vegeta looked at him. "But it was either you or the planet. What was I supposed to do?" he took a swing at Vegeta. Vegeta blocked. King Vegeta smiled, and continued to punch and kick. Vegeta blocked everything without difficulty.
"Hmm... well, you're stronger than you look. I guess you turned out to be something after all." King Vegeta said. He smirked, and ruffled Vegeta's hair. "I knew you wouldn't disappoint me."
"Of course not, father." Vegeta smiled sweetly, and turned super saiyan as if it were nothing. King Vegeta's jaw dropped. His eyes widened.
"... Whoa....! Is that...?"
"Super saiyan?" Vegeta still acted as if it were nothing. "Yeah, just a little something I picked up a few years back. It's getting a little boring now, actually." he smirked at the look on his father's face. King Vegeta stared at him.
"Geez..."
~~~
Lavender looked around. Where had he gone? All she saw was a bunch of people she didn't recognize, most of which were of races she didn't recognize. She looked around some more. Nope. She had lost him.
"Dammit..." she mumbled. "Well... better go find Trunks."
~~~
Frieza entered a building. There were already some people from Hell there drinking their body weight. There was a dead, bloody human body on the floor. Probably the owner of the bar.
"Sir, what are we doing in here?" Zarbon asked.
"Come on, Zarbon!" Frieza protested. "I've not had a drink for so long I'm almost sober." he said that with a playful smirk. He made his way over to the bar.
There was already a guy serving there. A saiyan. No, not just any saiyan. It was Nappa.
Nappa looked at Frieza.
"Sorry. We don't serve lizards." he said.
"That's fine. I'll just come round there myself." Frieza shrugged. "And while I'm at it, I'll kill you and banish you from existence."
"What'll it be?" Nappa sweatdropped. Frieza smirked.
"Anything that faintly resembles wine."
"Coming up!" Nappa looked around, and pulled out two wine bottles. He placed them on the counter.
"Hey! Nappa!" a saiyan Frieza didn't recognize called. "When you're done with the lizard, do you mind getting your own race a beer?!"
"Shut up, I'm on it." Nappa answered back.
"Dear God..." Frieza gasped as he put the wine bottle down. "Ten years and I've forgotten how good that stuff is."
"^_^" Zarbon sweatdropped.
~~~
"YOU BIG JERK!!!" Chichi screamed as she punched Goku. "We could've been killed back there with all these monsters about!!"
"Come on, they're not exactly monster -"
"I don't care what they are!! Saiyans, humans, changelings, or whatever!" Chichi snapped.
"Hey, I said I'm sorry." Goku put his arms around her. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you, you know tha - Ow!!" he grabbed his aching foot that Chichi has just stood on.
"JERK!" she snapped.
"Mom, calm down. None of us got hurt." Goten tried to calm her.
"Only because you and Gohan were here to fight off anyone that came." Chichi argued.
"But nobody came." Gohan replied.
"Well they could've!!"
"Look, I'm really sorry, Chichi." Goku said guiltily. Chichi sighed.
"Well, you're here now..."
"Goku, did Lavender say where she was going?" Trunks asked.
"Lavender?" Goku looked at him. "No, she just didn't follow us. Maybe she went to find her mom."
"Maybe..." Trunks mumbled "Or her dad..."
"Well don't just stand there!" Chichi protested. She pointed at the door and glared at Goku. "She's just fifteen years old, GO AND FIND HER!!"
"Yes ma'am ^_^;"
~~~
Bulma entered the room.
"Vegeta? Is that y -" she looked at the second figure. "Who...?"
"Bulma, allow me to introduce my father." Vegeta said to her. Bulma looked at King Vegeta.
"H - Hi..." she said... and fainted.
King Vegeta looked at her, and spoke to his son.
"Eh. You could do worse, I guess."
~~~
Frieza walked out of the bar, holding his fourth (unopened) bottle of wine.
"Maybe I should give this to Coola..." he thought aloud.
"Why are you family?" Zarbon asked. Frieza shrugged as they walked.
"I don't know."
"Get outta here!" a few people came running past him and Zarbon.
"That angel is weird!"
"What kind of an angel burns people?!" a third voice cried.
"Huh?" Frieza dropped the wine bottle, and grabbed hold of one of the people running past.
"An angel?"
"Y - Yeah." the man said. "She's gotta be a black mage! But what a black mage is doing in Heaven I don't know."
"Where was she?! What did she look like?!" Frieza demanded. "Tell me!"
"Well, uh... I think she was a human. She's back that way," the man pointed. Frieza turned his head to follow the man's finer, and looked back at him.
"Fair skin... black hair... deep blue eyes... I guess she was kinda beautiful, really." the man smirked a little. Frieza glared at him.
"Keep your hands off her." he hissed, and pushed him away. "Go on! Get out of my sight!"
"Aagh!" the man started to run. How did a wuss like that end up in Hell?
Zarbon looked at Frieza.
"Do you know a black mage, sir?" he asked.
"From a long time ago..." Frieza said, seeming to be in deep thought. "Could it be her....?" he looked at Zarbon.
"Don't follow me."
"But sir -"
"Don't!" Frieza flew off. Zarbon watched him leave, frowning in confusion.