Chapter 3: The 75th Element
The sun was just beginning to come up over West City, a relieving thing to see for those who had been witnesses of the disaster the night before. Bulma had been up all night in her laboratory working on the substance Trunks had brought back from the fight. Trunks walked into the lab yawning having only just woken up, normally he would have gone back to sleep but he wanted to know about any news on the stuff that creature had been made up.
Hearing him, Bulma turned around and smiled as she took another sip from her cup of coffee, one look at her told Trunks that she hadn't gotten any sleep all night. He walked over to a nearby chair and sat down sighing. "You know Mom...you really didn't need to stay up all night..."
She just laughed and walked over to a small tank that was sitting on one of the rooms many desks. "Sure I did" She said as she pointed at something in the tank.
Trunks got up and walked over looking through the glass. There was an odd looking puddle of some kind of silver liquid sitting at the bottom of it. He reached over like he was going to touch the glass, but was stopped as Bulma grabbed his arm. "I wouldn't touch that...it's over three thousand degrees celcius..."
He pulled his arm back still staring at the liquid. "What is it?"
She sighed and then began her explanation. "It's that thing you brought home with you...I've been running experiments on it all night trying to figure out what it is. My closest guess is Rhenium, which is a very dense metal that isn't too common on Earth. It seems like your creature was made of it."
She turned and walked over to one of her many computers and Trunks followed. She hit several buttons on the keyboard and a screen came up, what seemed to be hundreds of balls of the material were floating on it, each one about three times the size of a basketball. He looked at her with a puzzled look as he noticed his father walking into the room eating a sandwich from the corner of his eye. "I picked these up on our telescope a few hours ago...I think that they're more of those creatures, possibly thousands of them. They're on a direct course to Earth and at their current speed they'll be arriving in eight days....."
Trunks turned toward Vegeta with a worried look on his face, and Vegeta returned an almost identical look as he stopped chewing the piece of sandwich that was in his mouth. He swallowed it and gave his son his directions. "Trunks...go find the others and meet me at the lookout as soon as you can."
Vegeta then turned and walked out of the room, dropping his sandwich in the wastebasket next to the door. Trunks glanced at his mother who motioned for him to go, then he jogged out of the room and out the front door of Capsule Corp., quickly launching into the air and heading toward Master Roshis island first. The city soon fell out of sight behind him as he crossed over fields and forests, soon coming to the edge of the ocean. He flew out across the deep water for several minutes before the island finally came into view, several small dots standing outside of a small house.
He landed as Master Roshi walked up to him, he noticed Krillin, Android #18, Yamcha, and Tien were all on the island, that made it slightly easier for him at least. Master Roshi grinned at him, but Trunks was hardly paying any attention. "So Trunks...what brings you all the way out to my island?"
Trunks looked down at Master Roshi with a serious look on his face, then turned to the rest of the fighters. "Everyone, we need to go to Dendes Lookout right now! There may be more fighters identical to the creature we fought last night on their way...hundreds more..."
Everyone gave him a shocked and confused look, so he explained everything Bulma had told him to them, then told them that Vegeta had sent him to gather everyone at the lookout. Krillin was the first to speak out of the group. "I'm getting too old for this stuff...I'll come with you to the lookout, but I don't think I'll be able to do much of the fighting."
After a minute more of discussion everyone there, including Master Roshi, had agreed to head to the lookout to meet Vegeta. They all flew off in one direction as Trunks headed off toward the mountains to find Gohan, Goten, Pan, and Uub.
He landed outside their door a few minutes later and knocked to get their attention. The door was answered by a tired looking Pan, but she perked up slightly when she saw who it was. "Hey Trunks!" She said with a smile.
Trunks looked back at her and smiled, but his worry still showed on his face through it. "Hey Pan...is your Dad here?"
"Yeah" She said as she turned around and walked back into the house.
A moment later Gohan was in the doorway, he looked happy to see Trunks at first, then his expression turned serious when he saw the look on Trunks' face. "Hey Trunks...what's wrong?"
Trunks explained everything to him then. Bulmas research on the material the creature had been made of, the news that hundreds more were on the way, and that everyone was being asked to meet at the lookout. By the time he'd finished his explanation Goten, Pan, and a recovered Uub had all gathered behind him to listen in. Goten just moaned as he finished his story, and the reactions from the others were no better. They all agreed to go, and Chi-Chi, Hercule, and Videl, who had all also been listening, also wanted to come along so they agreed to bring them.
The group was soon on its way to the lookout to begin their preparation, or whatever it was that Vegeta had in mind.
The sun was just beginning to come up over West City, a relieving thing to see for those who had been witnesses of the disaster the night before. Bulma had been up all night in her laboratory working on the substance Trunks had brought back from the fight. Trunks walked into the lab yawning having only just woken up, normally he would have gone back to sleep but he wanted to know about any news on the stuff that creature had been made up.
Hearing him, Bulma turned around and smiled as she took another sip from her cup of coffee, one look at her told Trunks that she hadn't gotten any sleep all night. He walked over to a nearby chair and sat down sighing. "You know Mom...you really didn't need to stay up all night..."
She just laughed and walked over to a small tank that was sitting on one of the rooms many desks. "Sure I did" She said as she pointed at something in the tank.
Trunks got up and walked over looking through the glass. There was an odd looking puddle of some kind of silver liquid sitting at the bottom of it. He reached over like he was going to touch the glass, but was stopped as Bulma grabbed his arm. "I wouldn't touch that...it's over three thousand degrees celcius..."
He pulled his arm back still staring at the liquid. "What is it?"
She sighed and then began her explanation. "It's that thing you brought home with you...I've been running experiments on it all night trying to figure out what it is. My closest guess is Rhenium, which is a very dense metal that isn't too common on Earth. It seems like your creature was made of it."
She turned and walked over to one of her many computers and Trunks followed. She hit several buttons on the keyboard and a screen came up, what seemed to be hundreds of balls of the material were floating on it, each one about three times the size of a basketball. He looked at her with a puzzled look as he noticed his father walking into the room eating a sandwich from the corner of his eye. "I picked these up on our telescope a few hours ago...I think that they're more of those creatures, possibly thousands of them. They're on a direct course to Earth and at their current speed they'll be arriving in eight days....."
Trunks turned toward Vegeta with a worried look on his face, and Vegeta returned an almost identical look as he stopped chewing the piece of sandwich that was in his mouth. He swallowed it and gave his son his directions. "Trunks...go find the others and meet me at the lookout as soon as you can."
Vegeta then turned and walked out of the room, dropping his sandwich in the wastebasket next to the door. Trunks glanced at his mother who motioned for him to go, then he jogged out of the room and out the front door of Capsule Corp., quickly launching into the air and heading toward Master Roshis island first. The city soon fell out of sight behind him as he crossed over fields and forests, soon coming to the edge of the ocean. He flew out across the deep water for several minutes before the island finally came into view, several small dots standing outside of a small house.
He landed as Master Roshi walked up to him, he noticed Krillin, Android #18, Yamcha, and Tien were all on the island, that made it slightly easier for him at least. Master Roshi grinned at him, but Trunks was hardly paying any attention. "So Trunks...what brings you all the way out to my island?"
Trunks looked down at Master Roshi with a serious look on his face, then turned to the rest of the fighters. "Everyone, we need to go to Dendes Lookout right now! There may be more fighters identical to the creature we fought last night on their way...hundreds more..."
Everyone gave him a shocked and confused look, so he explained everything Bulma had told him to them, then told them that Vegeta had sent him to gather everyone at the lookout. Krillin was the first to speak out of the group. "I'm getting too old for this stuff...I'll come with you to the lookout, but I don't think I'll be able to do much of the fighting."
After a minute more of discussion everyone there, including Master Roshi, had agreed to head to the lookout to meet Vegeta. They all flew off in one direction as Trunks headed off toward the mountains to find Gohan, Goten, Pan, and Uub.
He landed outside their door a few minutes later and knocked to get their attention. The door was answered by a tired looking Pan, but she perked up slightly when she saw who it was. "Hey Trunks!" She said with a smile.
Trunks looked back at her and smiled, but his worry still showed on his face through it. "Hey Pan...is your Dad here?"
"Yeah" She said as she turned around and walked back into the house.
A moment later Gohan was in the doorway, he looked happy to see Trunks at first, then his expression turned serious when he saw the look on Trunks' face. "Hey Trunks...what's wrong?"
Trunks explained everything to him then. Bulmas research on the material the creature had been made of, the news that hundreds more were on the way, and that everyone was being asked to meet at the lookout. By the time he'd finished his explanation Goten, Pan, and a recovered Uub had all gathered behind him to listen in. Goten just moaned as he finished his story, and the reactions from the others were no better. They all agreed to go, and Chi-Chi, Hercule, and Videl, who had all also been listening, also wanted to come along so they agreed to bring them.
The group was soon on its way to the lookout to begin their preparation, or whatever it was that Vegeta had in mind.