So You Wanna Take Over The World

Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I don't own Dbz. Never have, never will. Lien is mine though.

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"You have to help him right now! He… he could be hurt! He could die!" I heard shouting as I flew closer and closer to the lookout. Lien's voice. But it wasn't in my head, like before. She was actually speaking… which meant that she was no longer a ghost. Which meant they had summoned the dragon. I hoped they hadn't used both wishes...

"Okay, Gohan and I will go this way, the rest of you split off into groups of two and search." That had definitely been Goku. "Lien, you should stay here with Dende, all right?" I heard no argument, so Lien must have agreed. I flew faster, and shouted as I reached the rim of the look-out.

"Stop! I'm here…" All heads turned to look at me as I touched down. Lien and Gohan both smiled and came up to me. Lien however, was running.

"Piccolo!" She stopped in front of me. "I saw those things… And the big one… it took you away." The others approached now, waiting to hear what had happened. I looked down at Lien.

"You saw them? They couldn't have been ghosts, because I saw them… and felt them." I remembered the little slug creature I had brought with me and held my hand up. "I managed to capture one of the smaller things." Goku stepped forward and looked down at the pink slug.

"There were more of these? Jeez, where were you?"

"You don't want to know." I answered simply, "Don't kill the thing… it may be of some use to us later."

"It's disgusting…" Kuririn said, nudging the slug with the tip of his finger. "Where could it have come from?"

"Well, we all know it has absolutely nothing to do with some lunatic out to control the world." Yamucha responded sarcastically.

"Would you idiots stop blabbering? We have to find out what we're up against." Vegeta joined the group, scowling in disgust at the slug in my hand. "Looks like a piece of Buu." I looked down at it and realized that it did look like the pieces of Buu that had been used to capture me and the other fighters.

"But Buu's good now… it can't be him… can it?" Goku asked, scratching his head.

"Oh, come on, Kakarotto… you aren't that naïve are you? I mean stupid, yes… but you can't think that disgusting freak is really good."

"Hey Vegeta, that's not very fair… you were bad once too. But now you're one of us! Why is Buu any different?" Goku defended.

"Because he is a fat, brainless wad of bubblegum, that's why. I knew I should have killed him when I had the chance."

"Now, we don't know it's him yet…" And on they went back and forth one argument after another, until I wanted to tell them both to shut-up and remember that we have a problem on our hands that was bigger than their rivalry. I didn't need to however.

"Well… I-I don't know who Buu is… but I don't think it's him that caused this…" Came Lien's small, worried voice as she looked up at the two quarreling saiyajins. Vegeta looked down at her and scowled.

"What do you know about this, brat?" He asked, obviously hoping to scare her off. I was about to come to her defense, but Lien scowled right back at Vegeta.

"I'm not a brat… But… I know who might be doing this." She replied. Goku kneeled down to her level.

"Who then?" He asked. And Lien told her story. Everyone had gathered around her as she told them all she could remember. The exact story she had told me.

"Why not? We've had every other possible form of villain. So now we've completed our collection with a mad scientist!" Kuririn laughed. Vegeta and I both scowled at him, effectively shutting the short man up. Goku frowned thoughtfully.

"I think a couple of us should check it out… just to make sure." He finally said.

"Piccolo is the one who found me… when I was a ghost. If anyone else has the ability to sense different energy readings… I bet you could find the scientist's home together." Lien stated. Which reminded me…

"Lien… you said this guy was after you when you were alive because you had some sort of power… has it returned since you've been brought back?" I asked. Lien looked away from me.

"I know… but I… I don't feel any different. Other than being alive I mean. If I do have powers, they sure haven't shown up yet." She replied. Vegeta waved his hand as if to dismiss the idea altogether.

"I don't care about her powers, but what she said before made sense. The two nameks apparently have the abilities needed. So get them to work. If they track down this… scientist and he isn't the one, I will go for Buu. He is the only other one it could be. And don't try to stop me Kakarotto!" Vegeta glared at the taller saiyan, daring him to say anything.

"We still can't just assume…" Goku began.

"Oh, shut up. I'm going to train. Let me know when you find this guy." With that, Vegeta flew away towards Capsule Corp. Leaving the rest of us to decide how to go about finding the 'mad scientist'.

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"Okay, Dende and Piccolo will attempt to track him tonight when ki signals are slightly lower… that'll make it easier to pick him out." Goku explained to everyone. "Then Gohan and I will follow Piccolo's lead and see if he is indeed the guy who's been causing all this. If he is, we'll call for back-up from you guys, all right?" The rest of the group nodded their agreement, except for Lien and I.

"Lien has told me that this scientist… is not a particularly strong person. It will be nearly impossible to pick him out from the other humans." I said.

"Hm… well, Lien said she must have had powers, maybe… she can pick out his energy signal if you two give her a base to work from." Goku thought aloud. "Can you guys kinda… ya know… hook your mind to hers."

"In a way, yes…" Dende replied. "But there's no guarantee this will work. I mean, Lien doesn't even remember what he looks like. Much less what his energy feels like."

"Sometimes you remember people in different ways. Maybe she would recognize an energy signal rather than a photo of him." Goku pointed out. Which was surprising all of us. Goku's mind worked well during battle… but he was never this eloquent out of the fight…

"You've got a point, Son. I suppose it won't hurt to try… after all, we have no other leads." I said, knowing that this was the only solution we had at the moment.

"So tonight then, right guys?" Goku looked around watching as all the other fighters agreed to the meeting place. "Right here on the lookout. Don't forget!" Kuririn nodded and flew off the lookout, leveling out in the direction of his home. Yamcha, Tien, and Chaoztu followed suit. Gohan said goodbye to me and also left. Leaving only Goku.

"Maybe you guys should practice what you're gonna be doing tonight… it wouldn't be too good if we all got here and found out you couldn't transfer your thoughts, Piccolo."

"I got it covered, Son." I scowled. Goku grinned his typical grin and then leaned down to Lien.

"Well, kiddo. Nice to have ya in the gang. Keep an eye on Piccolo, okay?" He ruffled Lien's hair and she giggled cutely before waving goodbye as Goku took off from the lookout.

"Guess we should practice like he said, huh?" Lien looked up at me… and I finally got to see what color her eyes were. A dark shade of green… a harsh contrast against her light skin and dirty blonde hair. But she was cute as far as human kids go.

"Yeah, kid… let's get started."

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A/N- Wow, it's been awhile since I've written in this story. But I didn't want to leave it all hanging, like… so here is a fresh chapter. ^_~ Hope it wasn't too crappy. I'm a little rusty. More action next chapter!! Lot's of Vegeta and Goku humor too. Toodles!

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