I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.

Chapter 23: Gotenks to the rescue

"What the hell did you do with Verto?" Gohan practically screamed from his prison cell, grasping the blue bars and getting shocked.

"I put him into Stasis, my people will learn a great deal from his body once I send him back to Auir for study!" Aldaris sneered back.

"You monster!"

"Humph, coming from a Saiyan, that's almost humorous!"

"Judicator! The conquest was a success; we have brought them all back to you. Where would you like them put for now?" a Templar asked from the door.

"Exactly which Terrans did you capture? There were several if I remember correctly," Aldaris said, turning his back from the Saiyans.

"There weren't very many at all Judicator, the one known as Bulma was the only one who gave much resistance. There were a few other Terran females as well. There was also a Namek much like the one called Piccolo. A few other Terran males, one was strong compared to the rest but not much of a threat, the other was an old man. There were no additional signs of any other strong Terrans or Saiyans in their base!"

"Are you sure about that? As I recall there was another Saiyan female there, two small Saiyans and a female cyborg as well. What of them?" Aldaris asked.

"My troops found no evidence of such, only the one male was there to protect the females," the Templar explained. By now Vegeta, Goku and Gohan had all been shocked multiple times by the jail bars.

"Then you really have no clue rather they are there or not do you?" Aldaris smiled slightly before motioning with his left hand. The Templar died from a Zealot slice right away.

"Take the Terrans and the Namek and put them with the others," Aldaris ordered.

"What about the other Saiyans Judicator?" another Templar asked.

"Forget them, they are no threat to us now. Prepare to launch an attack on the remaining Zerg bases, I want the Overmind's eye on my desk tomorrow night!"

"Yes Judicator!" All the other Protoss ran off, leaving Aldaris alone with the Saiyans.

"You won't get away with this!" Bardock snarled.

"I already have, and even if your Saiyan friends come to get you, they will quickly be put down. As for the Zerg, they will also fall to the sons of Auir!" Aldaris said, leaving the chamber.

"So what can we do?" Tora asked.

"I don't know what we can do, they are holding all the cards!" Bardock said, punching the wall.

"Well we have to do something!" Gohan whined slightly.

"We have to hold out and hope the boys and Fasha can somehow break us out, save they aren't captured!" Goku said.

"Wishful thinking Kakarot!" Vegeta grunted and sat on the floor.

"I never count miracles out, Vegeta!"

-

Fasha groaned slightly as she pushed the huge metal door open. Bulma had led her, Eighteen, Marron and the two boys down there to hide from the Protoss. She had left to get Chichi and the others, but never came back. Fasha gasped as the door revealed nothing but debris where the great building should have been.

Fasha growled, "Why didn't she let me fight them?"

"Because of that ki dampening field I detected, you and the boys would have had no energy to use or even power up with. As for why she didn't come back, I don't know," Eighteen explained, holding her sleeping daughter. They walked out to see that daylight had broken finally, but Capsule Corp had been annihilated into useless rubble save for the hardened basement hidden beneath. Fasha waved at a few human soldiers were wondering about nearby, beckoning them to come to her.

"You there, what happened here?" Fasha ordered.

"Ma'am, those strange new aliens showed up and wiped out this area. They took Bulma Briefs and a few of the others with them, the rest of the city was mostly untouched. Dr. Briefs has recalled most of the soldiers back to the Capsule Corp headquarters to regroup, he said to bring any survivors there as well!" the soldier explained. Goten and Trunks yawned as they emerged from the shelter, they had been asleep during the entire thing.

"What happened?" Trunks asked, wide eyed now.

"C'mon you two, you're coming with us!" Eighteen ordered, taking flight. Fasha spotted something in the rubble as she rose into the air, and dashed down to see what it was.

"What is it Fasha?" Eighteen asked from the air.

She shook the dust from the small electronic device she held in her hand, "It's Verto's music player." She took it in her hands and followed Eighteen and the boys to the inner part of the city.

-

"Glad to see that my grandson made it out in time. Thanks for looking after him!" Dr. Briefs said. The good doctor hadn't had much good news lately, seeing his grandson Trunks alive and well meant the world to him.

King Furry stood next to him, "Briefs, is there anything we can do now?"

"With the Zerg running around, and the Protoss basically taking over everything, I would say no. If our friends have indeed been captured or killed, there may be no stopping them!"

"Can you find them at least, my ki sense is not picking them up at all?" Fasha asked, Eighteen nodded.

"Afraid not, most of the ki energy tracking equipment was destroyed in the attack at Bulma's site. That could track most ki signatures around the planet as long as they are active. If there was some sort of way to set up a dampening field like Eighteen suggested, then it may not have done us any good anyway. I only know that they are east of here, how far I don't know. I can track all of the Protoss and Zerg movements, but I couldn't tell you where our friends are," Briefs answered, out of ideas.

"Damn!" Eighteen shouted, pounding the table hard enough to split, sending papers flying everywhere. Fasha was noticing how quickly humans scattered when suddenly a thought hit her head.

"Fasha."

"What's wrong?" Eighteen asked, barely showing concern.

"I think Verto is trying to contact me, telepathically!" Fasha said, concentrating.

She cringed and held her breath, "Damn, I had him for just a second. They must be doing something terrible to him!"

"Where did it come from?" Eighteen asked.

Fasha turned to where she was sure it came from before pointing, "That way, I'm sure of it. Isn't that the direction of their main base?"

"That seems about right. Good, we go there and bust them out!" Eighteen said.

"Wait just a second! I understand your intentions, but if those aliens could somehow overpower our friends then you will not have any chance. You need to think this over!" Briefs suggested. He walked over to his own holoscreen and typed in commands. Up came all of the Zerg and human areas on the map, as well as several blue question marks, which meant Protoss.

"Now if I recall correctly, their main base should be right here, and these, are troop movements. It looks like they're going to take care of the Zerg, or at least try to. It also looks like most of their forces are fighting the Zerg. You may be able to get in there without notice, but what will you do once you get there? Surely they are not foolish enough to just open the doors for you, and they are swift on movements to and from their bases. You would only have a small window of opportunity to get in, never mind do anything at all!" Briefs explained.

"I thought you said you couldn't find them?" Eighteen asked with a smug remark.

"I said I couldn't find our friends, the other two races are a little easier to detect," Briefs said, drawing a sharp glare from the android.

"What we need is a distraction!" Fasha said, glancing around. She spied Goten and Trunks sitting in the corner with Marron. "Bingo!"

"What is your plan Fasha?" Eighteen asked.

"Think those little cretins will make a decent enough deterrent?" she asked, pointing out the boys.

"If those little devils can drive their own families up the wall, they can certainly hold off a few aliens. At the very least they could lure them away for a little while. But we need to be prepared for any other possibilities that reveal themselves. For all we know they have one of those dampening fields set up round the clock just in case we tried this. We need someone who is used to not relying on ki to get around!" As Eighteen was speaking, Mr. Satan just happened to walk in the door.

"Well, maybe we have a contender for that position!" Eighteen said.

"What, what did I do now?" Satan asked, slightly panicked.

"You want your daughter back don't you?" Eighteen asked in a serious tone.

"Of course I do, what do you need me to do and I'll do it!"

Eighteen grinned, "Just be yourself!" Satan was slightly confused, until Eighteen explained just what she meant.

"You're not serious are you?" Satan asked.

"There's a chance that the boys will not succeed since we don't know the extent of these alien's abilities and technology. We need a backup plan!" Eighteen explained.

"Fine I'll do it, anything to get my little girl back!"

Fasha stepped over to Dr. Briefs and handed him the music player, "Take good care of this please," she said as she and the rest began to organize their plans for rescue.

-

"Prepare to take the child to carrier ship eighty-four and set a course for Auir. We will catch up with you once our business here is complete!" Aldaris ordered his Templar subordinate.

"At once Judicator! We will leave immediately at sunrise!" The Templar started to head off before another came into report.

"Judicator, we have detected a powerful being heading in this direction! It will be here in five minutes!"

"Identify!" Aldaris ordered.

"Unknown, getting a visual now!" The view screen came on to reveal a small boy bearing black hair with purple sideburns racing through the air. He was wearing a small black vest with white pants and a blue sash belt.

"Ah yes, one of the remaining Saiyan children. It seems they want to save their friends while the bulk of our troops are away. Very well, place the child's Stasis cell outside and in the middle of our base. We will use him to set a trap for the remaining warriors!"

"At once Judicator!" the two bowed and raced out of the room.

"Hahaha, I've got you now you little fool!"

"Judicator!" another Templar rushed in.

"What now?" Aldaris asked, frowning at the series of interruptions.

"Our forces have defeated the majority of the Zerg troops around their bases, but we suffered heavy casualties as result. It seems that the other Broods have finally decided to defend their lands and as a result our losses were much greater than expected. What are your orders?"

"Have them pack up and go back into space. As soon as I have the remaining Saiyans, we are going to leave," Aldaris ordered.

"But Judicator, what about the Zerg? We can't just leave them here unchecked!"

"Not to worry. Once we are a safe distance away, I intend to blow up the planet while the Zerg are still on it!"

"Understood!" Aldaris' grin got even wider, if that was possible.

A/N: For those wondering, the events in this chapter took place over about a day, the Protoss attacked West city in the middle of the night, and Gotenks is arriving at their base the following evening.