A/N: Here's some historical 'real world' info on Gudrun - Means "god's secret lore", derived from the Old Norse elements guð "god" and run "secret lore". In Norse legend Gudrun was the wife of Sigurd. After his death she married Atli, but when he murdered her brothers, she killed her sons by him, fed him their hearts, and then slew him.

- I of course will be changing some of those details, mostly those that make it Norse mythology and not DBZ history, for my DBZ version of the character. Just thought you might like a small history lesson :)

Chapter five - Gudrun

Gohan drifted between the waking world and the sleeping world unsure if he wished to leave his dreams behind for the harsh reality he was now a part of. It had been a month since the battle against the Androids in West City. Vegeta had wanted to go straight to Capital City and attack the Supreme Being head on but Gohan had managed to talk him out of it. It had been difficult until Gohan made a simple comparison. He'd compared Frieza's strongest soldier, Captain Ginyu, to the evil tyrants on power. After that Vegeta caved and decided to wait and train. After all, if Gohan had been right then he would stand a chance. In the meantime Gohan had gotten to know, or re-know, his friends and this world.

His thoughts had drifted to far into the waking world for him to get back to sleep. He opened his eyes slowly and took in his surroundings. The room was soft and gentle, if that's something a room can be. There were pictures of Tien, Krillin, Piccolo and a number of others hanging on the walls. One person who appeared in most of the pictures was someone he knew from his world, only in this world his power had been far greater. It was Videl's father Hercule.

He'd heard all the stories about Hercule's attempts to stop the Red Ribbon Army. Somehow, in this world, this timeline, Hercule had become the strongest Human. Videl followed him in that regard as well, surpassing him when she was ten. Then, when he died eight years ago, she took over as the head of the resistance.

Yet this didn't surprise most people, it seemed Videl was descended from a legendary fighter from millennia past. Gohan had never heard of him before, but if they ever got back to their own time he'd make it a point to ask King Kai about him... that is, if he'd remember this world. He knew he wouldn't of course, but he was still wondering just exactly who this Olibu was.

Gohan tilted his head to his right to look at the rest of the king sized bed. /Things are strange in this world./ he thought smiling slightly. /But they aren't half bad./ He lifted his right arm and slid some of Videl's hair off her face as she slept. In the past month he'd spent more and more time with Videl. The two had become a common sight on the streets whenever Red Ribbon soldiers appeared. With the Androids dead it seemed only the basic soldiers were left to cause trouble, The Supreme Being was strangely missing. Not that Gohan minded that any. The lack of major action had given him time to get to know Videl. It had been rather awkward to begin with but the two had hit it off rather quickly.

As Gohan slid out of bed and pulled on a robe he noticed it was still dark outside, sunrise wasn't for another hour. That was fine, he'd have time to meditate before his spar with Videl. He was impressed with how much power she had, she could beat Goten and Trunks both unless they transformed. Gohan had some trouble with her though not much, but if he transformed she was no match for him.

He walked over to the balcony and looked outside. The resistance used an abandoned hotel as it's headquarters. He and Videl were using the penthouse at the moment, at the insistence of Krillin and Yamcha. His eyes scanned the damaged city and the rubble on the streets and he sighed. /Is this what you saw everyday Mirai? I can only imagine what your world was like... at least we don't have to live in complete fear here./

"Gohan?" came Videl's groggy voice.

Gohan looked back at the bed and saw Videl sitting up holding the covers up to her neck. Gohan rolled his eyes wondering why exactly she was doing that after...

His train of thought was interrupted by a sudden distortion of the sky. The darkness seemed to deepen as all light was seemingly sucked from the world. Videl climbed out of bed and ran over to where Gohan was forgetting about her lack of clothes. "What's going on?" she asked as the sky seemed to shimmer.

Gohan shook his head. "I'm not sure." he said softly glancing down at her. He realized, as his face warmed, that not all of the awkwardness was gone. Not really wanting to he looked away from her and back out at the odd sky.

Suddenly there was a voice from everywhere and yet nowhere. From within inside their heads yet it bounced off the walls and shook the floors. It was impossible to tell if it was male or female but it was, familiar yet unknown. "I've been expecting you." the voice echoed. "I've known you would be coming, and that you would be Sai-jins and powerful. I just hadn't expected you to be here so soon, or there to be so many of you. Not that I can't handle you of course."

"Who are you!" they heard Vegeta's voice demand.

"My name is Gudrun, I am the strongest being this universe has ever seen. I would have contacted you sooner but I had other business. Now come to me warriors, come and let's see how you fare against the Supreme Being!"

"Just tell me where!" Vegeta roared.

"My palace, of course." With that the sky returned to normal. Gohan looked across the cityscape as the sun became visible as the darkness pulled away from it. Off to his right Gohan saw a stream of gold light take off into the distance followed a moment later by two more.

"No, Vegeta! We're not ready!" Gohan cried. Then he looked down at Videl and wondered about that... /Maybe we are ready physically... but do I really want this world to end?/ "I'm sorry Videl. I've got to go." Gohan lifted off of the balcony and sped off after Vegeta and presumably, the two pint sized Super Sai-jins as well.

He felt a few pulls of power behind him and turned to look. Videl was almost right beside him with Piccolo, Tien, Krillin, and Yamcha gaining as well. The first thing Gohan noticed about the sight was that Videl still wasn't dressed, which reminded him that he wasn't wearing anything but a robe himself.

Before Piccolo had even completely caught up he'd formed clothes around Videl and then pulled up beside Gohan. "Something tells me you'd rather have clothes on then that robe. What should they look like?"

Gohan was silent a moment and then sent a telepathic image to Piccolo. An instant later his robe had been replaced by an orange-red GI which bore his fathers symbol on the back and the peace symbol on the front right. With a smile he looked off into the distance and saw the towering black spire that marked the palace of the Supreme Being. As they pulled up to a stop they saw Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten waiting for them.

"Took you long enough." Vegeta said looking up at the black spire that reached high into the sky. "I can only sense one power in this place, and it's coming from up there."

"This reminds me of Korin's tower." Gohan said looking up.

Suddenly Vegeta began to fly up followed a moment later by Trunks. Gohan sighed and followed after them with the rest in tow. It took about five minutes to reach the top. It was a large round platform, about four times the size of the lookout. A single person stood dead center on the platform. From their distance no one could make out what the person looked like.

"Welcome." the person said. It was evident now that the owner was female, or at least had a female sounding voice.

"I thought you said this Supreme Being was a guy?" Vegeta demanded landing on the edge of the platform.

Piccolo nodded. "From what we saw of his... her fight years ago we thought she was a he. But we couldn't see much through the helmet and strange armor he... she wore."

Now all of them were standing on the edge of the platform. Goten squinted across the way as the others talked wanting to see who it was they were going to fight. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "Wha... what... Big brother! Big Brother! Look Gohan, it's mom!"