The sun rose taking the place of the moon and the stars, Lucian got up and got dressed, he looked at the time; it was 7:30. Emily should still be awhile.
A knock came at the door, he opened it and his 8-year-old daughter jumped on him, "Daddy!"
He was shocked they were very early. He hugged her and put her on his shoulders, he gave 18 a kiss on the cheek and invited her in.
Emily was the spitting image of her mother, same face, same long blond hair, and same smile. She would be a heartbreaker one day, but she had Lucian's pale blue eyes.
"you didn't give grandma any trouble did you?" He asked her "oh no daddy, I was good."
"That's my girl," he saw the look on 18's face, "go say hi to your mother."
He put her down and she ran to the bedroom. "What's wrong? " "Lucian, he is getting worse, the doctors can't help, and the Dragonballs are useless." Now he knew why they were so early.
Lucian couldn't help feeling sad that Goku was dying, but for Goku this was a good thing. He had been protecting the earth for so long, death seems like the only escape.
"We'll go visit him a bit later." "Chi chi's moving him back to the house, I need to go. See you later."
"Bye, 18." He waved and she was gone.
Marron walked in with Emily at her side, "What's going on, I thought I heard my mom." "She had to leave to help Chi Chi." Marron looked at him and wanted to speak when the front door burst open and in rushed Sol. Sol was Lucian's eldest and proving to have the same abilities as his father. Only 10 and already able to go super Saiyan 3, but his young body couldn't hold the form.
"Dad!" he nearly dived Lucian into the ground. "Hey there, did you have a good time?" "Yes I did, please fight me, father."
Sol had always trained with Goku and longed to test out his strength against his dad. He ruffled Sol's white, spiky, hair. "Maybe another time, we have to go and help Goku's family." He saw the disappointment in his son's eyes.
"Ok" he replied. Lucian knew it wasn't ok, but he would flatten his son before he even got a chance to power up. He was so young and the loss might crush Sol's spirit and that he didn't want to risk.
A few minutes later they were outside Goku's house. Only family was inside with Goku, everyone else was outside. Tien, piccolo and Yamcha were sitting on the grass. Vegeta stood by the stream. 18 hugged Bulma and turned to leave, Krillin was not doing so well but he was better off than Goku. Trunks, Bulla and his fiancé Tracy were talking together. Pan, Goten, Gohan and Chi Chi were inside with Goku.
Lucian gave a short nod to the people gathered outside. Marron sent Sol and Emily to Trunks while they went inside. Pan was sitting with Videl on the couch. The rest were in the bedroom where Goku lay sound asleep. Marron went to comfort Videl and pan and Lucian walked into the bedroom.
Chi Chi looked at him, "Lucian, please tell me you can do something for him." "Can I be alone with him for a while?"
They all nodded and walked out, Gohan stopped and stuck out his hand, Lucian shook it. "It's nice to see you again, Lucian. Just a pity it had to be under these circumstances." Gohan left and he closed the door.
Lucian sat cross-legged on the floor and started to meditate, he found Goku. He was standing in the dark and turned around when Lucian appeared.
"Lucian, why are you here?"
"What must I do, Goku?"
"What do you mean?"
"Goku, I can heal you, but do you want it?"
"Lucian, I know what you are asking me and I know that you know what my answer is. It is your decision."
And he disappeared; Lucian came out of his meditation. He knew what he must do, it would hurt a lot of people but Goku's time has come. He watched the hero breathe his last breath and prepared himself to tell the others. "Don't worry, Goku, I will protect the universe."
2 days after Goku's funeral, Lucian was talking to Marron, "I'm really worried about Sol; Goku's death hit him hard."
He got up and stared off into the cloudy sky. "I know this is bothering you, Lucian, but I also know that something else is pressing on your heart. After Goku died you had vanished for 2 days straight and I was worried."
She got up and rested her head on his back.
"I killed him, Marron."
She looked up "What?"
"I killed him, I could have saved his life, but I chose not to and now so many are suffering because of that decision even my own son."
She didn't say anything but he could sense that mentally she was backing off.
"Sol so wants me to be like Goku, but I'm not. I'm not as strong as him either I'm stronger, and my power will crush Sol."
"Lucian, Sol doesn't know that, he thinks you don't want to fight him because he isn't worthy of you."
He turned around, she hugged him; he rested his head in her blond hair.
Later that night; when the rain started Lucian left to the look out, Sol was there training by himself. Lucian watched him drop to his knees and weep. He was soaking wet when he approached Sol.
He tossed a small satchel to the boy, "Get up and dry your tears."
Sol looked up and got to his feet, "Pick up the bag, take one and follow me."
He started to walk towards the building. Sol looked inside the bag, ate a Senzu bean and followed his father. Mr. Popo was standing by the door that led to the hyper chamber. "you have 2 days."
He told them, Lucian just nodded and walked through the doorway, Sol close on his tail and then the door was shut behind them.
"What are we doing here dad?" "Training. Now show me your full power." Sol powered up to super Saiyan 2, his hair spiked up with a silver gleam. "Good" thought Lucian.
Sol stood there his eyes red; Lucian folded his arms. "I'm Waiting." Sol blinked and took his fighting stance; he rushed forward and kicked. Lucian caught his leg, "Rule number one, never attack head on."
He let go of the boy's ankle and sol jumped back. He shot an energy beam at Lucian and then tried to punch him from behind. Lucian ducked under the punch and kneed Sol in the back. He staggered forward and sat down. "Rule no. 2, always have a back up."
"Dad, why are you fighting me now?"
"Because I want you to know that I think you are worthy of fighting me but you wouldn't survive my full power."
The boy stared at him, "May I see your full power?"
Lucian braced himself, he started to power up, he grew fur on his body and it turned gold, his shirt tore as his muscles bulged and his hair spiked up with a gold color. He had no pupils his eyes were just while.
"This is why I didn't want to fight you."
Sol's mouth was hanging open, what is that, I want to do it too."
"This is SS 10, and I want you to do this, listen to me because of my DNA our SS forms are different to that of the others, I want you to pass ss3 and go to sss4."
He got to his feet, "I'm willing to do whatever it takes."
Lucian smiled, "That's my boy."
Two days later, Sol and Lucian emerged from the chamber, both two years older, wiser and a lot stronger.
The two were shocked to see what had happened to the earth while they were away. It was stormy and snowing. There was an energy shield over the look out and every one was there.
"Fine time for you to show up!" Vegeta said, animosity in his voice.
Lucian looked at the earth, "what happened?"
"I we knew that we wouldn't be waiting her, now would we?" Vegeta said.
Bulma walked over to him, "The kai's are looking into it."
"It's not just the earth it's the whole universe, something is coming, something bad." Dende said as he looked towards the warriors.
Trunks sighed, "its always bad, isn't it. I mean its not like cupid's going to come ridding on a snow storm." Gohan just shock his head and put his arms around Videl who was shivering.
"Where's Marron?" Lucian said looking around.
Piccolo stood up, "she's with 18 and Krillin. Traveling from there to here would've killed him."
Lucian was furious, "and you left them there." He put his fingers on his head and disappeared.
There was an energy shield around kami's house as well; the sea was entering the little house. Lucian stormed through the front door, 18 was focusing to keep the shield up. He raced upstairs; Marron was caring for Krillin there.
"Marron!" she turned around, "we have to go, or this place will flood.
"I can't leave him." The storm was loud around the small house.
"I never said you must." He picked Krillin up slowly, "Hold onto me, and grab 18 when you see her." She nodded, he disappeared and reappeared down stairs when Marron grabbed 18 they disappeared again and reappeared at the look out.
He put Krillin in a bed and mr. popo got to work. He stormed out side and punched Vegeta in the face, he stumble to the ground. "What the hell was that for!" vegeta shouted.
"For not taking care of my family." "They are not my responsibility, I could care less what happens to the droid or baldy. Next time, you better take care of them."
That was it, Lucian went super Saiyan and a silver aura surrounded him. Vegeta went super Saiyan 4 and then Gohan, trunks, Goten, and sol intervened. Trunks got a bloody nose from Lucian's elbow and Gohan was pushed back by vegeta. Emily was hiding behind her mother and pan was just as scared.
"ENOUGH!" piccolo shouted and there was complete silence except for the raging storm. "You want to fight you can do it out there in that," he pointed to the storm, "otherwise, be nice, we need to stick together if we are going to get through this."
Goten scratched his head, "We don't even know what we are facing."
Piccolo looked at him, whatever it is, it can't be good."