Last time on The One You Love: While looking for Bulma, Goku, Vegeta and ChiChi take a rest in a nearby island. Unbeknownst to them, they are being watched. Later Goku and Vegeta have a talk about the true source of Goku's power, which amazes the Saiyan Prince. At the end, they find that ChiChi is gone. She wakes up to find herself in the old man's lab along with Bulma. He then proceeds to pump some gas into their glass tubes, after which they lose consciousness.

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Morning came to the little corner of the world that was the old man's abode. Stretching a bit, he poured himself a cup of coffee and lazily walked down to his lab. He saw the glass tubes still darkened by the gas. He then pushed a few buttons on his console and the gas was slowly sucked out of the tubes.

"Rise and shine ladies! We have a full day today!" He said while tapping on their tubes. At first, they seemed to be oblivious to the old man's presence, for which he redoubled his efforts to wake them by knocking harder onto the glass "C'mon. We haven't got all day. Get up...Get UP!"

At this sharp command, ChiChi quickly woke up and lunged at the old scientist like a feral animal, clawing and scratching at the tube in an effort to get to the old man. Their "host" was taken by surprise and was scared out of his wits. This he did not appreciate. He pushed a button on a remote and ChiChi appeared to be experiencing a lot of pain coming from her collar.

"Now, now my dear. You don't want to waste all your energy on little old me, do you? No, you want a different playmate; one that can give as good as she gets, don't you?"

As if knowing they were talking about her, Bulma quickly lunged at the scientist but was stopped by her glass prison walls. She too was clawing and scratching and trying to get out.

"Well! I've got two live ones, don't I?" He then pushed a few buttons and the tubes filled with gas a second time and the two women fell asleep again. "Let's see how you do when I let you loose…"

Elsewhere, Vegeta & Goku are flying over the ocean looking for Bulma and ChiChi.

"I can't believe she would just leave like that!" cried Goku.

"Hmmph. If I was mated to someone like you, I would leave too." Vegeta said this with a smirk in his face, knowing that the remark would hurt the younger Saiyan.

"…that wasn't nice Vegeta" Goku said, with a whimper.

"It wasn't meant to be! Now shut up and keep looking. Those onnas have to be here somewhere. It's not like the ground swallowed…them…up" Vegeta got an idea as he said that, looking down at the ocean.

"Maybe…" Vegeta took a dive into the ocean, a ki shield around him and began to sense for any power levels close to his. Meanwhile, Goku had seen Vegeta dive but was still just floating above the water looking around for his sparring partner.

"Vegeta? VEGETA! Vegeta…? Where are you? Which way did you go?" Goku started getting desperate "Oh man! Now everybody's lost." Then realizing this, he got a worried look on his face "What if I get lost next? Oh…mmm..but…I don't want to be lost…waaahhh!"

Just then, Vegeta flew out of the ocean for a breath, scaring Goku half to death in the process.

"YAAAH!"

"Kakkarrot! Stop acting like a fool…" then Vegeta sweatdropped as he thought oh, yeah, that's the only way he knows how to act…"Kakkarrot stop what you're doing and come with me. I found something." The Prince then took another breath and dove into the water again.

After regaining his composure, Goku followed suit. However, he did not know how to make a ki shield like Vegeta's so he did get wet and water got into his eyes. He was having trouble seeing but got used to the water a few seconds after. He saw Vegeta below him, going towards the bottom of the ocean. Goku followed only to be met with a family of sea turtles swimming in front of him. He smiled and waved at them. Of course (being Goku) he tried to say "hi" to them but forgot he was underwater. As soon as he spoke all the air he was holding on to escaped and he found himself swallowing water and gasping for air. He quickly realized his mistake and used his instant transmission to get to the surface of the ocean before he would lose consciousness. When he did, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Vegeta was completely oblivious to what his rival was doing. He aimed for the rock formation he had seen earlier and found it. However, when he approached it a barracuda launched itself against the Prince. Vegeta readied a ki blast to kill off the animal, took aim and fired. A great cloud of bubbles was created from the impact of the blast on the creature. Pleased with his handiwork the prince was about to resume his search when…the barracuda lunged for Vegeta's throat.

Narrowly dodging the fish, Vegeta said "Impossible! There's no way that thing could have survived my power!" Vegeta launched a barrage of ki blasts at the barracuda but the thing just kept on coming.

"Alright. I'm through playing around!" Vegeta started powering up but in a different way. He built a ki ball between his hands and stretched it to become a long, horizontal line. He then violently moved his arms diagonally down towards his right leg, then lifted his arms and moved them again diagonally down towards his left let, (sort of making an "X"). However, with each move he sent a sickle of energy towards his enemy. The thing wasn't prepared for this move and it got sliced into three pieces by the attack.

Vegeta marveled at his work for a split second, before he realized the thing was flashing. "Ah, sh…." The large fish exploded, sending shrapnel Vegeta's way. His aura vaporized most of it but some of it ripped his sleeves and pants.

"Someone is toying with me and they will regret ever making that mistake!"

On the surface, Goku is still trying to catch his breath while looking for Vegeta. "Vegeta? Vegeta? Yoo hoo, Vegetaaaaa…"

Meanwhile, at the hidden lab, the old man is smiling to himself, donning a strange, high tech looking hat (actually, it looks more like a spaghetti strainer with lights and wires) "Marvelous, marvelous! Everything is working perfectly. All the readings check out beautifully! Once I let them loose, they will provide me with the power I need to complete phase IV of my plan. But first…I need some lunch…LUNCH! I forgot, they're Saiyans…they need food to have energy. They won't do me any good if they're weak. Hrrgghh…ahem…no problem. Easily solved. I'll just provide them with some nourishment and get them started on phase II at the same time. Haa ha ha hoo he he he ha ho ho ho hee hee ha…"

The madman went to another room where ChiChi and Bulma were being held captive. As he had thought, the girls were very weak from hunger. He opened the comlink to speak to them, but he was also able to hear their moans of distress. This brought a smile to his lips, but quickly turned into a frown, seeing how useless they would be if they did not regain their energy. "Stand up! Stand up, stand up, STAND UP!" When they did not comply, he sent a small, electrical charge into the tubes to prod them, as it were. He quickly regretted it, though, for he realized that would only tax their strength even more.

"I have something for you ladies. Something you have been needing badly. But you'll have to earn it…heh heh heh…" The old man then pressed a button and the bottoms of the glass tubes opened up and the girls fell into separate dark, spiraling tunnels, not knowing where they led.

When Bulma's trip ended, she found herself face down on the ground. She also saw ChiChi meet the ground face first shortly after her. She looked around, disoriented and wondered "Where are we? What does he want with us? Hnnng…and why am I so hungry?" The next thing she saw told her everything she needed to know; a giant grate opened and out came a humongous tyrannosaurus. She saw ChiChi run away and try to find a place to hide. She was about to do the same, when she remembered what had happened at the lab, when she crushed the console she was hiding behind.

"ChiChi! Don't run away. Remember, you have Goku's power…"

ChiChi stopped for a second, blinked in realization (as anime are wont to do) and then said. "Oh, yeah…I forgot!" She then turned around to face the dinosaur with a smirk. She changed directions and ran straight for the dinosaur. She quickly leapt onto the animal's foot, then onto its knee and so on until she reached its shoulder. The thing kept snapping its jaws at ChiChi at each step, but was unable to catch her. It then saw her standing on its shoulder and went for her. However, ChiChi moved out of the way and it only succeeded in taking a good bite into its own flesh. The creature screamed in pain and redoubled its efforts to have ChiChi for lunch.

Seeing this, Bulma got upset at the attempt on her friend's life and she started powering up. She directed two blasts, one from each hand, to the creature's head. She connected, but there was not enough power behind it and only managed to annoy the dinosaur even further. It then tried to stomp on Bulma, while still raking its claws at ChiChi.

Seeing her friend in trouble, ChiChi powered up a Kamehameha and shot it directly at the thing's head. It did nothing against its scales and again it tried to chomp down on her, but to no avail. ChiChi was just too fast.

"ChiChi! Hit it high, I'll hit it low!"

"Right!"

Both women began to power up blasts, the ki growing between their hands, while running in opposite directions so as to not give the animal a definite target. ChiChi took the high ground since Bulma was not yet as used to her abilities; it seemed though, that ChiChi had taken quite easily to the power.

In the control room, the scientist watched both girls fight the tyrannosaurus and was amused by what he saw. "Hmm, they work well as a team but not individually. I seem to remember two of Gero's creations that did the same…Androids 17 and 18. Yes. They were powerful, but they were unstoppable as a team. They were only destroyed by being separated. I should save this knowledge for future use. For now though, I'll just watch the warm-up…"

The women finished charging up their blasts and ChiChi again jumped up to the creature's head while Bulma stood lateral to the thing's legs. Then, almost with synchronized swimmer precision, they both let loose their energy. Bulma sent a slicing wave that cut right through both of the dinosaur's knees. At the same time, ChiChi sent a full-power Kamehameha to the thing's head and vaporized it. Bulma ran to the side to avoid being squashed by the falling behemoth, with ChiChi softly landing next to her.

"Phew. I'm glad that's over!"

"You said it! But I'm still hungry…"

Listening to their conversation, the scientist grinned. "Yes, my dear. You are hungry. Let's see just what you will do to get something to eat." He then pressed a button and the light panels on the collars they were wearing came alive.

"Hey Bulma? I don't remember you having this kind of necklace?"

"Huh? What necklace? I didn't…"

Before they realized what was going on, the collars became active and they felt a searing pain in their skulls, as of someone sticking needles into their brains. What's more they began to get angry and noticed their hunger a lot more. Their expressions took a more feral look and they began to stare the other down and snarl. They both sniffed the fresh blood from the dinosaur and advanced on it without either one taking her eyes off the other. Finally, they made it to their quarry and stood at opposite ends of the creature and began to consume its raw flesh.

"Excellent. The collars work just as I designed them. Now, let them feed and sleep. They will then be ready for phase III."