The only image that came to his mind, has wave of energy poured out of his body and was reshaping the earth around him, was Trunks on his knees holding Bulma. The first time he saw Trunks, he looked like a warrior of the old time: Warrior without home, without friend, without family, without country, eternal traveler, wandering forever to avenge his lost ones and to bring peace to a far away world. Trunks was frightening in his intensity, deadly in his vengeance, his hands reclaiming the blood of the innocents. However, what he saw today was a little boy scared and hurt. Where was the fierce warrior? He could only imagine what had happening to him to bring him to this state. And now, yet again for them, for they safety, he risked his life.

Looking at the monster that was trying to pass for his mother, he could feel a burning rage growing inside of him. He knew he couldn't win, he knew it, but he also knew what he needed to do to make us realize what the true face of the Medusa was. Trunks, I will not let your sacrifice go in vain. I promise. This battle will not be your last. Now I just have to find I way to realize this promise.

"I Will Destroyed You" His voice held such conviction that 'Chichi' took a step back.

Goku for his part didn't know what to think. To say frankly, at first, he thought that Trunks had slightly overestimated his opponent. However, after seeing Trunks tossed like a little child by this monster, he changed his mind. This was serious. Bulma told us that he was dangerous! She told us! She told me! She was scared that Vegeta would underestimate the new enemy, well she didn't have to worry about him, I did this on my own. Krillin…Bulma…Both of them half eaten…Goku power up to SSJ2, and now Trunks his half death…This is no good but I will have to worry about that later, now I have to deal with her. We may have an advantage; Trunks didn't seem to know that there is another level beyond SSJ-3, and about Gohan mystic power. And we still have the fusion…

"Vegeta! I think the fusion will be the best chance we have to defeat him," Goku shouted, he knew that Vegeta despised the fusion but he knew that they didn't have any choice in the matter.

Gee? Really? I swear, when I going to put my hand on the moron that taught him this ridiculous dance I going to make his wish he took…

"Vegeta! Did you hear me?" yelled Goku right next to his hears and nearly missed have his head bit of in the process.

"What. The. Hell. His. Wrong. With. YOU!" Vegeta screamed the last word so loud that even Chichi flinched.

Goku just looked sheepishly at him "I tough you didn't heard me Vegeta"

"How couldn't I? Even Trunks heard you!" he said trough clenched teeth, he was trying very hard not to get angry but when he saw him turn the way Trunks body was send (probably to verify his comment) he just lost it. I'm mad, I'm pissed off, and I want blood. Chichi don't take it personally, but I'm going to make you suffer for it.

"Brat! Move it! I'm the next one" every one looked startled at Vegeta. His usual smirk was there and there was hunger in his eyes that told everybody that he was going to enjoy the fight immensely. Without waiting for an answer, he went to attack Chichi while powering up to his fullest, nearly knocking down the other warriors by the share power of his energy.

A swear…but it a good thing that he went before Gohan, is not ready yet, and Vegeta the best one to discover any weak points. He may be arrogant and a nuisance but if someone can come up with a strategy to defeat him it will be Vegeta. "Gohan, are you all right?" Piccolo was worried for the young saiyin.

"What do Vegeta thinks his doing! I…" Gohan was totally upset with Vegeta. It was suppose to be …

"Gohan, I know you wanted to make him pay for what he did to Trunks, but I think that Vegeta would be the best choice to fight him" and it not as if we could have stop him.

Gohan looked at Piccolo for a while before looking at the Prince and the Medusa. They were just a blur in the sky, but even now, it was easy to see that he was humoring Vegeta. Then he looked at were Trunks body may lie. He wanted to go see if he was okay but it was impossible, they will need all the help they can right now. He hoped he was going to be fine.

Goku also keep his eyes on the two forms battling in the sky I suppose I just have to wait until he has been beating to in inch of his life (again) and come to me to fuse. I wonder how strong we can be if we fuse when we are at full power…

"Goku! I'm going to see how Trunks his fairing, I thinks his ki is slowly fading" Piccolo was watching the fight and both of them seemed to enjoyed themselves.

"Okay, but come back fast we may be need you" then Goku looked at Piccolo strait in the face "Be careful, his planning something"

"Don't worry, I'll be all right" then he flew away. However, as soon as Piccolo left, 'Chichi' stopped fighting for a little while seemed confused for a short moment.  Landing on the ground, she was looking around her; she seemed to be looking for someone.

"What do you want, you idiot!" Vegeta was piss of. What in the world his wrong with her, and I don't believe how strong that thing is, she's not even winded and I'm trying to catch my breath! He landed right next to her "Come fight me, you weakling!"

"Purple?" said Chichi in a hesitant voice. Everybody looked at her. "Where is purple?"

Purple? What is …How dare she! "It lavender you sorry excuse for a living thing!" this time everybody looked at Vegeta who had to fight down a blush "The saiyin prince don't have purple haired relative," he said with a haughty voice all the while not looking at anybody in particular.

Goku sighted Vegeta…well we know you never lost your focus on the important thing of life…

Then they feel something happening, for a while nobody moved, Goku looked curiously around for a while, then when he looked down he saw something that left him confuse, he was floating  in the air, but he didn't use any ki….when he looked at Gohan and Vegeta he saw the same confused look. Did they suddenly gain the power to fly without using ki? When he turned toward 'Chichi' he saw the same confused look but the monster was looking at his own body as him he could be defective.

Then as suddenly has the light had appeared when the battle begun, the light disappear, it was as if there never had been a sun, as if the notion of light never existed before this day. When the light appeared 'Chichi' was an inch from his face, he would have been startle if he weren't looking right at her eyes, her red eye. Trunks warning about the hypnotization fled form his mind. It was as if he was looking at a bright fire, a gigantic fire camp. The other people yells and imprecation seemed far away form the earth-raised saiyin; for all his knew, he could have been alone in the world.

Goku never felt this way before, it was as if someone was reading his mind, was looking at his soul in search of some precious information, he was having a walking dream. Red, why it is so damn red…I'm sleepy…shouldn't I been doing something else instead? But I'm so sleepy…slowly Goku closes his eye.

Vegeta was upset, angry, mad, furious, enraged. He. Was. Livid. First I was floating without my ki then this residue of miscarriage hypnotized the fools and now the baka his sleeping. And Gohan his totally freak out, he his just no use to me, what the hell could go wrong!

He shouldn't have asked…

The Medusa suddenly left Goku side and was starting to go after Gohan when earth gravity suddenly regain his rightful place. Everybody hit the floor with a yelp, except for Vegeta who didn't yelp, for Goku who was still out, and for the Medusa who never reached the earth since a huge ki blast, strong enough to eliminate a small solar system, hit him directly. A ki blast careful aimed so he didn't hit earth but, after hitting his target, flew into a strait line into the space, destroying Saturn, Pluto, an asteroid, and a star that were unfortunately enough to be on the way of the blast.

Vegeta could only stare. Not at the ki blast or at the firework in the distance, colorful witness to the eradication of some random (inhabited Gohan hoped) planet, no, he was staring at Chichi that lay between earth and sky, unarmed and looking beside himself. He didn't even have a scratch. The stupid thing didn't. Even. Have. A. Scratch. I. HATE. THIS. THING!

 

Before he could react, Chichi had changed target and now aimed for the prince and in her red eyes you could see she was no longer playing, she was hitting to kill, or more precisely, to eat.

"Medusa Will Eat You!" Chichi clone was serious now; she was done playing with her food.

Make my day Vegeta jumped right at Chichi neck and bit her, showing her that the fight for the higher position on the food chain was not going to be an easy one.

Gohan was looking alternated between his father fallen body and were the blast had come from, he knew who it was, he knew who there were. Far away, near the ship, since Vegeta had brought the fight away from it to be sure a stray blast doesn't damage it (or more precisely the GR integrated on it) he could see a greenish form, and a white from with a purple…sorry...lavenders cloud surrounding it. He so desperately wanted to go see them but his father was laying helpless on the ground. Finally, after glancing at his father form to make sure he was not in any danger, and at Vegeta and the Medusa that were busy trying to eat each other, he headed toward his two friends.

He never reached them.

When Goku woke up, he had the most surprise view: Vegeta was hitting Chichi. I know he don't really like her, but his going to kill her! I have to stop him! I can't let him kill her! Jumping right into the melee, he leaped right in the middle of them. "Vegeta, Chichi stops fighting! Vegeta your going to hurt her!" he then pushed the saiyin away from his wife, not strong enough to hurt him, he wanted him to stop fighting, not turn he anger on him, but he didn't have to worry, because the only thing he got from the prince was a confused look.

"Kakarotte what the hell are you doing, we have to stop her" what the fool his doing, shit he was looking into his eyes damn!

"Goku, Vegeta he just a worthless monster, a beast, a demon, a murderer, he had been corrupting how little boys for far too long now!" yelled Chichi. After pointed an accusing finger at the beast, she jumped right on him. However, when she hit him, he barely senses her punch.

What the hell?, her power level his low, they is no way I could have hurt her earlier, and the blast didn't do anything to her, what is she.. The little witch, she knows that if she rose her power level the idiot his going to notice something wrong. "You are not going to fool me, you little bitch, I going to bit the hell out of you," that said, he started showing her exactly what he mean with that. But yet again he was interrupted by Goku

"Vegeta! Stop that! You have to calm down! You're going to kill her! Stop! Chichi stop it, Vegeta didn't do nothing wrong!" what his wrong with both of them? Why do they suddenly start fighting, and where are the others. Before he could look up his son, Vegeta was at Chichi throat, strangling her. Seeing that separating them will not change anything he decided to just hold on Vegeta. It was easier, after all there was no way she could hurt him.

"Goku, thank you for holding him for me" and then started to punch Vegeta, gradually increasing the power of her punch so that what were innocent little touch grow into some serious bruises and a few cracked rib.

"Kakarotte! Let me go this instant; let me get her, she playing with your mind, she want to hurt you! She…Uggggg" he was cut off when one of her foot landed right in his throat.

"Chichi stops it right now! I'm not going to be able to hold him much longer!" in fact, Goku had to use every small amount of his power to hold the prince up. He was moving as if he was hooked into an electric charge. The fact that Chichi punch was strong enough to hurt a SSJ4 saiyin power up to his fullest didn't register.

"He killed your friends; he is the one who killed 17, 18, and Marron! He turned evil! Are you going to trust him?"

Vegeta snorted. "As if his going to believe that! I wasn't even near the tin can and the brat; we were in the time chamber you wench!" I killed the can openers, please! Give me a break!

"But you left for a little while and after you refuse to enter the time chamber a second time with me" said Goku quietly slowly relishing his hold on him.

Vegeta was so surprise that he didn't notice. He turned toward the Goku with a blank look. Goku just meet his eyes he really believe that…

"You see! You see! He's the one who did all those awful thing! He must die for what he had done, he betrayed you, played with your trust and it's because of him Goten was hurt" she was practically gloating. At the mention of Goten Goku eye hardened.

"You really believe that" it was not a question. He voice held no emotion and his eye was as blank as ever.

"Who you going to believe, you wife and the mother of your children or this worthless saiyin, Freeza personal slut!" she was yelling so loud she flinched at her own voice.

Goku eyes never leave the saiyin prince eyes, so when he started forming a kamehameha in his hand and Vegeta turn his face away for him, he saw it all. What he saw make him turn around and blast Chichi with an huge kamehameha when she blasted Vegeta in the back with a ki-blast.

Hurt

Vegeta was hurt.

Vegeta was hurt because he tough that he believe Chichi over him.

Vegeta was hurt because he tough that he believe that he kill the others

Vegeta was hurt because he tough that he believe that he hurt Goten

Vegeta was hurt

Chichi word had hurt Vegeta

And he blasted Chichi because of it.

Neither one of them could thing about this much longer when the Medusa sent hit them unconscious on the floor

Gohan had nearly reached Piccolo and Trunks when he heard the blast. He just had time to turn around when he fell something pass him and flew toward the other two, then when he was just turning around, he saw the monster stand in front of the ship. Shit! His going to destroy the ship I have to stop him. Then he flew toward her a full power. That when she turned at him and smiled, showing her sharp teeth. Then she raised her hand toward him…

The only thing he heard what the agonizing yell of Trunks calling his name and something hitting him, then he lost conscious.

When Goku woke up, he saw the prince immobile a few feet away, when he came next to him in a hurry, he saw that he was only unconscious. For some time he looked at the prince of all saiyin. But he was not seeing his face right now, but he was seeing him like he was when Chichi was insulting him. Then suddenly he senses something, the absence of ki on the earth make him miss one important one. Piccolo Ki was missing. He had disappeared. Piccolo you too…no…how could that happen…

"His gone" Vegeta voice startle him, when he looked down he saw that Vegeta eyes were open, he eyes dazed.

"Yes, Piccolo is gone" said Goku closing his eyes. Piccolo…

Vegeta looked at Goku face for a few second. "I'm not talking about the Namek"

Goku opened his eye in surprise, then he frowned everybody except Piccolo his there, who could be miss…! "Where is he?" Goku was stretching his sense to try feeling the Medusa but it was no use, he couldn't feel him.

"I think I know what he was looking at when we were fighting," said Vegeta quietly slowly getting up from his position, looking far away in the distance, where the others should have been.

Goku looked puzzle for a moment what he was watching? He was looking at Gohan, no, something behind him, but the only thing that was there was the "Ship" he said finishing his thought aloud

"Yes, the Medusa toke the time machine to go to the past. To our time" Kami…

I'm exhausted. I'm just so tired…I can't even feel sad about Piccolo…Well at least I know this particular technique had no effect on him, I must not forget to computer it. He looked at the half-saiyin in his arm. The punch was strong enough to have knocked him unconscious and he was still out. Of course, I should have known he was after the stupid thing. Damn! First, he saw krillin half-eaten body and now he must face Piccolo dead. Gohan his not going to be in a good mood…at least there is no body. Shit! Not even suppertime and already three dead, two half-eaten, mama was right, sleeping in a graveyard bring bad look. The last time a do something like that. I should have brought mama somewhere else. Hum…thinking of half-eaten body, I'm hungry. But not as much as I should have been, guess I was right after all: the body do get use to eaten 1 meal every two week. I'm worn-out, I'm hungry, I'm sick, and the day his not even finish. Note to one self: don't stop earth rotation on an empty stomach. Slowly he shifted Gohan in is arm and turned to see were his father and Goku were. Then he took the air and flew toward the full blooded saiyins, "let recapitulate, Piccolo's dead, they have no more ship, the earth his going to explode inlet me see …35.2 multiply by earth dimension… then take the radius… mmmnnnn…325.52…then take 545.265...then subtract…then take 875.24 no 875.235…take Pi, then…mmmmm…96 hours. Take or leave a few minute. Well you know when you looked at that it not to bad and I have a surprise for them they going to love it…

I lost and his gone. I lost and his gone. How could that be possible? I lost and never had any chance to win. For my failure, he had to pay. How was that possible…

How many times must he die for…

"Gohan?" Goku voice was soft.

"Yes Father?" his voice held so much hurt that Goku could only take his oldest son in his arm.

"Gohan, I'm so sorry," he was holding Gohan closely into his arm. "I promise you; we will do all we can't to make thing all right again." Gohan didn't say a word. He was just burying his head on his father face and trying to hold his tears. "Please come, we need to discuss thing" Gohan I'm so sorry, this trip was not supposed to end this way.

"I coming father just one second" he could barely keep his tears at bay

"Okay" for a while, he just looked at Gohan then leaves him there.

Piccolo…

He just flew a few miles toward Vegeta who was sitting in front of a small hole that for once seemed human created.

Both saiyins were sitting  in front of the hole looking down at it, looking at the faint light that were coming from it. At least three days. Minimum. Goku looked at Vegeta, but he was keeping his gaze locked to the secret entrance.

The night was slowly falling down. When the night finally came, Vegeta leaned against Goku. Goku put his arm around Vegeta.

Inside the hole, inside a labyrinth of tunnels and secret rooms the sound of someone taping at the computer is rezoning. My calculation was right, I only need 72 hours working non-stop. 3 days will be enough

My friend… my mentor… you were my first teacher…and now your gone. I wish it had been me.

And now the wait.

Three days till the end, three days of terror…three days until I see you all again.

Three days.