A/N: Ok, I admit it, I really did deserve no reviews for chapter 3. I left a cliff hanger, everything is confusing, I just made it into one big mess. Not only that, who knows when you guys thought I would post another chapter, in another year? Yeah, it's a punishment I'll receive. Once again, I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's ok, I just wrote this thing because I wanted to and it'll all be clear in future chapters, don't give up! Enjoy!!
Ch. 4 – The Whole Gets Deeper and Deeper (Really, it'll all be clear in future chapters!)
"What is it Marron?"
"I....I think it's a riddle." Marron grew very pale. She thought for sure it would be here, but it wasn't. Instead, someone else was here first and took it. If Tinor didn't have it, there's more than one person wanting it. "But how could they know it was here?! I was the only one!" Things were getting way too complicated.
"What does the note say?!" Goten protested.
Marron Read:
"Dear Marron,
If you're reading this, it means your precious 'plasma device' is gone, or rather, is at a different location. The good news is, it is still on the earth, the bad news is, if you don't stop what is happening, then everything you know and love will come to perish. The device is safe, for now. Bulma is safe, for now. You don't have very much time, now is the moment to make time. No time machine will help you either. If you run out of time, then your true enemy will have what you fought so hard to protect. Indeed, I'm not on your side, I prefer to destroy the plasma device, even after finding out it's true essence, so, now, where is the plasma device? I won't tell you, you will find out soon enough. I secretly hope you will never find it, but no one can have their way. It took me a long time to figure that one out. Don't take it lightly; it is darker than you think. Good luck to you Marron Chestnut, you'll need it."
Marron was shaking the paper in her hand.
"What the hell does that mean?!" Goten screeched.
"Marron, may I see the note?" Gohan took the paper out of frozen Marron. "There's no signature and it's typed."
Everyone stood there thinking.
"W-we need to get to Bulma." Marron finally said. It was the only person she could think of. "We need to get Bulma first, including Vegeta and Trunks back here as well. They must have some information by now." Marron began to get some of her color back.
"Marron, we don't understand. We can't get in contact with Bulma, Trunks, or Vegeta." Chi Chi said gently.
"We'll just have to go there then, do anything, just something....." Truly this was getting the better of Marron.
"What about the plasma device?" Gohan asked.
"No one knows where it is and the only thing we know is that it is safe." Trunks added. He looked at Marron and gave her a confident smile.
"What about Tinor?" Pan asked.
"What do you mean? Just kick is ass!" Bra yelled. She looked at Marron as well and winked.
Everyone sweat-dropped. Although, it was moments like these everyone knew why Bulma picked Marron. In a serious situation, Marron is never one to disappoint.
"When do you think we can go Marron?" Pan asked.
Marron had to think about that for a second. "Hmm, probably about two months."
"Why so long?"
"That's how long it is going to take me to construct all the proper parts for a spaceship."
"But Trunks maybe back by then."
"I'm taking no chances with Bulma on the line."
"All right, in the meantime, everyone trains. We're taking no risks with the plasma device at stake and Tinor possibly attacking again." Gohan said.
Everyone was now able to find some comfort in knowing that they are doing something while they wait for Vegeta and Trunks. Marron was still the most puzzled as none of what has happened so far made any real sense. Someone must know other than Bulma and herself that the plasma device has a very special ability. But who else could know? They haven't told anyone.....
At Planet Paradise......
Trunks got out of his space ship only to find himself on a beach with Vegeta looking out a few feet away. "She's not here." Was all Vegeta said.
"We were misinformed." Not even Trunks could sense her here. He looked around and saw a cliff nearby as the ocean was ramming into it causing many splashes. The sky was pitch black full of stars but the beach itself seemed to automatically glow as if the sun was reflecting on the sand.
"No, she was here before, but he took her away again before I could get here."
"How do you know?" Trunks felt a twist of anger and frustration in his chest.
"I saw it with my own eyes in space as I was getting ready to land."
'That pod can go deadly fast.....' Trunks thought. "Do you have any idea where Kruble could have taken her?"
"....no." Vegeta was clenching his fist.
"I do." A deep voice said behind them.
"Kruble! Where is she?!" Trunks was charging up, but not going super. Vegeta merely turned around, being very calm.
"She's safe, that's all you need to know." He said, disgusted.
"You fool." Vegeta said finally.
"What did you say?"
"You honestly think you can beat me, much less both of us." Vegeta spat. "You have three seconds to tell us where she is."
Kruble laughed. "Why don't you ask my friend Tinor?"
"Tinor?" Trunks questioned.
"Right here." Sure enough, the same creature that attacked Marron was floating right behind Trunks and Vegeta across from Kruble.
"I take it your job was as easy as mine." Kruble amused.
"Not exactly, one of these two must have it." Tinor said, he wasn't as playful as Kruble was.
"Oh?"
"It wasn't where it was supposed to be and that girl wasn't much help." Tinor barked.
Did he mean Marron? It never dawned on Trunks that someone could have been at Earth the same time he and Vegeta were all the way over here. 'Oh no....she has to be ok...' First his mother and now someone close to the family, regardless if he doesn't know who she really is. Trunks was becoming very angry as well. He looked straight at Tinor.
"Strange, did you check every mountain?" Kruble began to get more serious.
"Yes. It wasn't there." Tinor looked as if he wanted to fight something.
Kruble looked down at Trunks and Vegeta. "Who has it?"
"Has what?!" Trunks yelled, he was using every bit of his will to stay where he was.
"The Plasma Device."
Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
"Are you serious? Why do you need a plasma device?" Trunks yelled.
"You talk as if there is more than one." Tinor growled.
"They're everywhere!"
Kruble and Tinor both went wide-eyed and froze.
Kruble finally shook himself. "Don't you get it? They're stalling time. Stall all you want Trunks, you'll never live to see anything else."
"You're right Kruble." Tinor went back to his calm dark self. "If there are so many where is one?"
"In both our ships of course. There's one even in yours!" Trunks said as if they were 2 year-olds. This was becoming ridiculous for Trunks.
Kruble laughed. "That's impossible, your ship traveled in space, there's no air in space."
Vegeta tensed up. 'It couldn't be....' He looked at Kruble hard. "What do you want with the plasma device?" He said coldly.
"Ah, I think we have a winner. Tell me where it is and I'll tell you what we want with it." Kruble said.
Vegeta smirked. "As if I would give you the pleasure of knowing where it is if I knew."
"He's lying!" Tinor began to charge up, his patience was running thin again.
"No, he's not. Bulma said she and Marron were the only two who knew where it was, even our master said that." Kruble spoke roughly to Tinor.
"....you sure?" Tinor seemed to a glint of fear in his eyes when Kruble mentioned 'master.'
"Definitely." Kruble now looked as if he was ready for a fight.
Trunks was so confused. He figured out that they weren't talking about the same thing he was. He was still confused. He wasn't even sure if he should attack or not.
Vegeta took care of that.
Vegeta already charged up and began a full throttle on Kruble. Trunks immediately did the same only flew towards Tinor.
Tinor dodged Trunks' punch and kept backing away as Trunks kept punching and kicking toward him. "Hmmm, at least you put up a decent fight, unlike that girl I thrashed."
"Thrashed?"
"Oh yes, Marron wouldn't tell me that Vegeta had the plasma device and so I decided to make sure she would never tell anything again." Tinor smiled showing off his yellow teeth and threw a punch at Trunks.
Trunks broke Tinor's arm that threw the punch when he heard that remark, granted that he went super immediately after hearing it. He grabbed Tinor's other arm and threw him down towards the planet causing a huge explosion when an energy blast was aimed for him as well. "Of course they would go after Marron when no one was there to protect her....." Trunks was furious. He was as bad as Kruble was.
Vegeta was not doing too bad himself either, although Kruble sure liked to talk a lot.
"Bulma sure fits you well Vegeta. She was very bold and didn't look scared at all when we threatened to kill her." Kruble said viciously.
Vegeta easily punched Kruble in the stomach hard and held it, breaking what ever was in his stomach. "Many have threatened her but no one has ever succeeded in actually killing my wife." He whispered in Kruble's ear as he was struggling to breathe.
Vegeta finally let go and was floating above the ground, along with Trunks, as Kruble and Tinor were breathing hard from attacks that they were not anticipating.
Tinor looked at the watch he had on his arm still gasping for air. "Kruble, we must leave, time is running out."
Vegeta hovered down and picked up Kruble by his muscle shirt and lifted him up to his eye level. "Where's Bulma?!" Vegeta yelled, getting ready to attack again.
"Tell us where the plasma device is." Kruble panted.
"We don't know!" Trunks yelled.
"That answer isn't good enough. Tell us where the plasma device is and we'll give you Bulma." Tinor said, being just as threatening.
At that point Vegeta punched Kruble hard in the face. Kruble flew across and crashed into a rocky cliff nearby. Vegeta turned to Tinor. "You will tell us where Bulma is now."
"Kruble, we must go now! Master won't wait on us!" Tinor flew over to Kruble at the cliff and touched his arm. "This is not over, we will be back for the plasma device!"
Tinor rose up his free hand and yelled, "Clowmation!" In a puff of smoke, they were gone again.
"DAMN!" Trunks slammed his fists on the ground.
"We have to get back to earth now." Vegeta said, walking to his pod.
"What's on earth?" Trunks said, decapsuling his spaceship.
"The plasma device." He got in, and was already off.
A/N: Sorry, shorter chapter. Well, I hope you guys liked that fight scene right now, I hope I was loyal to all B/V fans and did them justice. Ok, I said I would put a new chapter in a few days and I did. I'll put another chapter up later on this week so come back! Please PLEASE review everyone!!! Good or bad or critical I would love to know what you guys think!! I know, I lost your trust after not updating in a century but I'll get it back! Just you read!
Next Chapter: Search and Find: Marron struggles to find parts and a new lab while the whole group gets adjusted with two Trunks' in the same room! Sparks fly between both Mirai and Marron and Trunks and Marron! Stay tuned!
Ch. 4 – The Whole Gets Deeper and Deeper (Really, it'll all be clear in future chapters!)
"What is it Marron?"
"I....I think it's a riddle." Marron grew very pale. She thought for sure it would be here, but it wasn't. Instead, someone else was here first and took it. If Tinor didn't have it, there's more than one person wanting it. "But how could they know it was here?! I was the only one!" Things were getting way too complicated.
"What does the note say?!" Goten protested.
Marron Read:
"Dear Marron,
If you're reading this, it means your precious 'plasma device' is gone, or rather, is at a different location. The good news is, it is still on the earth, the bad news is, if you don't stop what is happening, then everything you know and love will come to perish. The device is safe, for now. Bulma is safe, for now. You don't have very much time, now is the moment to make time. No time machine will help you either. If you run out of time, then your true enemy will have what you fought so hard to protect. Indeed, I'm not on your side, I prefer to destroy the plasma device, even after finding out it's true essence, so, now, where is the plasma device? I won't tell you, you will find out soon enough. I secretly hope you will never find it, but no one can have their way. It took me a long time to figure that one out. Don't take it lightly; it is darker than you think. Good luck to you Marron Chestnut, you'll need it."
Marron was shaking the paper in her hand.
"What the hell does that mean?!" Goten screeched.
"Marron, may I see the note?" Gohan took the paper out of frozen Marron. "There's no signature and it's typed."
Everyone stood there thinking.
"W-we need to get to Bulma." Marron finally said. It was the only person she could think of. "We need to get Bulma first, including Vegeta and Trunks back here as well. They must have some information by now." Marron began to get some of her color back.
"Marron, we don't understand. We can't get in contact with Bulma, Trunks, or Vegeta." Chi Chi said gently.
"We'll just have to go there then, do anything, just something....." Truly this was getting the better of Marron.
"What about the plasma device?" Gohan asked.
"No one knows where it is and the only thing we know is that it is safe." Trunks added. He looked at Marron and gave her a confident smile.
"What about Tinor?" Pan asked.
"What do you mean? Just kick is ass!" Bra yelled. She looked at Marron as well and winked.
Everyone sweat-dropped. Although, it was moments like these everyone knew why Bulma picked Marron. In a serious situation, Marron is never one to disappoint.
"When do you think we can go Marron?" Pan asked.
Marron had to think about that for a second. "Hmm, probably about two months."
"Why so long?"
"That's how long it is going to take me to construct all the proper parts for a spaceship."
"But Trunks maybe back by then."
"I'm taking no chances with Bulma on the line."
"All right, in the meantime, everyone trains. We're taking no risks with the plasma device at stake and Tinor possibly attacking again." Gohan said.
Everyone was now able to find some comfort in knowing that they are doing something while they wait for Vegeta and Trunks. Marron was still the most puzzled as none of what has happened so far made any real sense. Someone must know other than Bulma and herself that the plasma device has a very special ability. But who else could know? They haven't told anyone.....
At Planet Paradise......
Trunks got out of his space ship only to find himself on a beach with Vegeta looking out a few feet away. "She's not here." Was all Vegeta said.
"We were misinformed." Not even Trunks could sense her here. He looked around and saw a cliff nearby as the ocean was ramming into it causing many splashes. The sky was pitch black full of stars but the beach itself seemed to automatically glow as if the sun was reflecting on the sand.
"No, she was here before, but he took her away again before I could get here."
"How do you know?" Trunks felt a twist of anger and frustration in his chest.
"I saw it with my own eyes in space as I was getting ready to land."
'That pod can go deadly fast.....' Trunks thought. "Do you have any idea where Kruble could have taken her?"
"....no." Vegeta was clenching his fist.
"I do." A deep voice said behind them.
"Kruble! Where is she?!" Trunks was charging up, but not going super. Vegeta merely turned around, being very calm.
"She's safe, that's all you need to know." He said, disgusted.
"You fool." Vegeta said finally.
"What did you say?"
"You honestly think you can beat me, much less both of us." Vegeta spat. "You have three seconds to tell us where she is."
Kruble laughed. "Why don't you ask my friend Tinor?"
"Tinor?" Trunks questioned.
"Right here." Sure enough, the same creature that attacked Marron was floating right behind Trunks and Vegeta across from Kruble.
"I take it your job was as easy as mine." Kruble amused.
"Not exactly, one of these two must have it." Tinor said, he wasn't as playful as Kruble was.
"Oh?"
"It wasn't where it was supposed to be and that girl wasn't much help." Tinor barked.
Did he mean Marron? It never dawned on Trunks that someone could have been at Earth the same time he and Vegeta were all the way over here. 'Oh no....she has to be ok...' First his mother and now someone close to the family, regardless if he doesn't know who she really is. Trunks was becoming very angry as well. He looked straight at Tinor.
"Strange, did you check every mountain?" Kruble began to get more serious.
"Yes. It wasn't there." Tinor looked as if he wanted to fight something.
Kruble looked down at Trunks and Vegeta. "Who has it?"
"Has what?!" Trunks yelled, he was using every bit of his will to stay where he was.
"The Plasma Device."
Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
"Are you serious? Why do you need a plasma device?" Trunks yelled.
"You talk as if there is more than one." Tinor growled.
"They're everywhere!"
Kruble and Tinor both went wide-eyed and froze.
Kruble finally shook himself. "Don't you get it? They're stalling time. Stall all you want Trunks, you'll never live to see anything else."
"You're right Kruble." Tinor went back to his calm dark self. "If there are so many where is one?"
"In both our ships of course. There's one even in yours!" Trunks said as if they were 2 year-olds. This was becoming ridiculous for Trunks.
Kruble laughed. "That's impossible, your ship traveled in space, there's no air in space."
Vegeta tensed up. 'It couldn't be....' He looked at Kruble hard. "What do you want with the plasma device?" He said coldly.
"Ah, I think we have a winner. Tell me where it is and I'll tell you what we want with it." Kruble said.
Vegeta smirked. "As if I would give you the pleasure of knowing where it is if I knew."
"He's lying!" Tinor began to charge up, his patience was running thin again.
"No, he's not. Bulma said she and Marron were the only two who knew where it was, even our master said that." Kruble spoke roughly to Tinor.
"....you sure?" Tinor seemed to a glint of fear in his eyes when Kruble mentioned 'master.'
"Definitely." Kruble now looked as if he was ready for a fight.
Trunks was so confused. He figured out that they weren't talking about the same thing he was. He was still confused. He wasn't even sure if he should attack or not.
Vegeta took care of that.
Vegeta already charged up and began a full throttle on Kruble. Trunks immediately did the same only flew towards Tinor.
Tinor dodged Trunks' punch and kept backing away as Trunks kept punching and kicking toward him. "Hmmm, at least you put up a decent fight, unlike that girl I thrashed."
"Thrashed?"
"Oh yes, Marron wouldn't tell me that Vegeta had the plasma device and so I decided to make sure she would never tell anything again." Tinor smiled showing off his yellow teeth and threw a punch at Trunks.
Trunks broke Tinor's arm that threw the punch when he heard that remark, granted that he went super immediately after hearing it. He grabbed Tinor's other arm and threw him down towards the planet causing a huge explosion when an energy blast was aimed for him as well. "Of course they would go after Marron when no one was there to protect her....." Trunks was furious. He was as bad as Kruble was.
Vegeta was not doing too bad himself either, although Kruble sure liked to talk a lot.
"Bulma sure fits you well Vegeta. She was very bold and didn't look scared at all when we threatened to kill her." Kruble said viciously.
Vegeta easily punched Kruble in the stomach hard and held it, breaking what ever was in his stomach. "Many have threatened her but no one has ever succeeded in actually killing my wife." He whispered in Kruble's ear as he was struggling to breathe.
Vegeta finally let go and was floating above the ground, along with Trunks, as Kruble and Tinor were breathing hard from attacks that they were not anticipating.
Tinor looked at the watch he had on his arm still gasping for air. "Kruble, we must leave, time is running out."
Vegeta hovered down and picked up Kruble by his muscle shirt and lifted him up to his eye level. "Where's Bulma?!" Vegeta yelled, getting ready to attack again.
"Tell us where the plasma device is." Kruble panted.
"We don't know!" Trunks yelled.
"That answer isn't good enough. Tell us where the plasma device is and we'll give you Bulma." Tinor said, being just as threatening.
At that point Vegeta punched Kruble hard in the face. Kruble flew across and crashed into a rocky cliff nearby. Vegeta turned to Tinor. "You will tell us where Bulma is now."
"Kruble, we must go now! Master won't wait on us!" Tinor flew over to Kruble at the cliff and touched his arm. "This is not over, we will be back for the plasma device!"
Tinor rose up his free hand and yelled, "Clowmation!" In a puff of smoke, they were gone again.
"DAMN!" Trunks slammed his fists on the ground.
"We have to get back to earth now." Vegeta said, walking to his pod.
"What's on earth?" Trunks said, decapsuling his spaceship.
"The plasma device." He got in, and was already off.
A/N: Sorry, shorter chapter. Well, I hope you guys liked that fight scene right now, I hope I was loyal to all B/V fans and did them justice. Ok, I said I would put a new chapter in a few days and I did. I'll put another chapter up later on this week so come back! Please PLEASE review everyone!!! Good or bad or critical I would love to know what you guys think!! I know, I lost your trust after not updating in a century but I'll get it back! Just you read!
Next Chapter: Search and Find: Marron struggles to find parts and a new lab while the whole group gets adjusted with two Trunks' in the same room! Sparks fly between both Mirai and Marron and Trunks and Marron! Stay tuned!