"So you're saying Freiza, Cell and some of the other villains we have defeated in the past have escaped from hell and are planning to get their revenge on us?" Goku asked still a bit taken aback by the sudden news of new terror.
"Yes. That's the basics of our current predicament." Dende confirmed everyone's greatest fear. Their long state of peace seemed too good to be true. And as always just when the Z fighters thought they could possibly retire from a life of fighting evil, or at least live out the rest of their lives without fear of being hunted and killed vanished.
"How could this happen? How could they possibly escape hell?" Gohan demanded refusing to accept the reality that he would once again have to put his life on the line to save the earth from doom.
"Well I'm not sure. It's even a mystery to King Yama. The only explanation he can think of is that they somehow managed to use their combined power to weaken the barrier between hell and earth literally opening up a crack into this world." Dende tried to distribute all the information provided to him to the rest with the best of his abilities.
The task proved harder that he original thought, for even the guardian of the earth was nervous. It had been many years since the planet had faced such an immense crisis. And the sad truth was he didn't know if they stood a chance against the collective force of the many strong evildoers they had previous vanquished.
"So where are they? Are they heading over here right now to kill us all?" Trunks had to ask what everyone was wondering.
"We're not sure." Dende answered quietly.
"What do you mean? Surely if they escaped they're heading out to get us!" Chi chi began panicking grabbing onto her youngest son protectively who's facial expression quickly fell to embarrassment and one could only guess he was thinking "Mom! I'm not a baby anymore let go!"
"Well there's no doubt they're no longer in hell, but they don't seem to be on earth either. I can't sense any of them." Dende confessed to awful truth.
"They must be hiding somewhere awaiting for the right time to strike." Piccolo suggested.
"Yes. That's what we suspect." Dende confirmed his fellow Namek's suspicions.
"Well we'll just have to train hard and be ready for them." Goku stated so care free as only he could.
"Me, Vegeta, Gohan, and Piccolo will head over to Kami's lookout to train in the time chamber while the rest stay behind just in case they decide on a surprise attack." Goku declared taking the roll of leader as he had so many times before.
"I don't think so Kakorrot." Vegeta who had stayed in the back silent thus far interrupted. Everyone turned to look at the formal villain knowing that he tended to keep to himself and not interact with others on a regular basis, but when he did speak up it was because he had something important to say.
"I have no intentions of training with the likes of you for an entire year in that trench you call a time chamber." Vegeta had to be the one to put a dent in Goku's plan.
"But we need our strongest fighters to train in preparation for the battle a head." Goku tried to reason with the stubborn royal.
"I don't need a year of training to prepare for this fight. I've been training all my life. When they arrive I will be more than ready." Vegeta stated proudly and without staying to hear any of the others objection to his refusal to work with the others proceeded to leave and return to his precious gravity room.
"Well then I guess it's just the three of us." Goku said looking over at Gohan and Piccolo.
"I'll go." Trunks stepped forward to which Goku nodded in agreement then him and the rest of the ones chosen to train at the time chamber left to start their training immediately.
While the Z fighters and their family's were discussing their course of action they had no idea the ones they were preparing for were holding their own meeting……………………………….
"So then everyone knows their targets?" Frieza asked looking around at some of the strongest villains ever to face the Z fighters. One by one they all nodded.
"I can't wait to get that young boy Gohan and those androids." Cell thought looking forward to showing off his new power. Like all the others there was nothing really to do in hell except train and count the days till they could wreck revenge on their enemies.
Most wanted another shot at Goku, but harbored the most hatred for the one that actually killed them. Frieza wanted to return the favor to that purple haired punk with the huge sword that cut him in half.
Nappa of course wanted revenge on his formal prince, but he wasn't the only one that wanted Vegeta dead. Hiding in the shadows far away from the others stood an old foe that wanted nothing but to destroy the mighty Prince Vegeta and before the meeting was officially adjourned he left to do just that.
Authors Note- These villains will be in for quiet a surprise when the go back to earth. For Cell to see Gohan and 18 all grown up and with families. And what will Frieza do when he finds out the Trunks that killed him is from another timeline? Will he kill this timeline's Trunks?