Last time on The One You Love: Bulma and ChiChi have been subjected to several experiments by the evil scientist. He had them fight against a dinosaur and then used his technology to turn them irrational and violent (a short trip for both of them). Elsewhere, Goku and Vegeta are searching the ocean for the girls. Goku bungles up (as always) and Vegeta is attacked by a mechanical barracuda.
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"Waaah!" Goku screamed as he fell into the water, when just seconds before he was floating over the ocean looking for Vegeta. The Prince, coming up for air, smacked into the oblivious Saiyan and knocked him into the water.
Vegeta fumed, "Kakkarrot! You idiotic, imbecilic, #$#$#(# (and a few more $#'s too)"
Getting out of the water, Goku said "Brrr. C-c-c-cold water…Oh, hey Vegeta. Where were you?"
"Oh, I was on vacation, relaxing and drinking a mai tai…WHERE DO YOU THINK I WAS YOU BAKA!" Then, somewhat calming down "I was looking for the onnas but you never made it down there. Get yourself up and follow me!
"Awww, but I'm going to get wet again…" Goku pouted.
(Vein popping up on Vegeta's forehead) "HHHRRAAAARRRGGGH" Vegeta screams, flickering in and out of Super Saiyan mode. Then directing his gaze towards Goku, the Prince stated. "Here you moron, I'll teach you how to build a ki shield that will keep you dry if you'll just…stop…WHINING!" As he explained the technique to Goku, Vegeta thought I can't believe I'm actually helping the idiot.
After a few minutes Goku had the hang of the new technique. "Great. Thanks Vegeta!"
"Don't EVER mention it! The woman would never let me live it down. Now, let's go!"
In a flash both full-blooded Saiyans donned their ki shields and submerged into the water. Unfortunately, the shields did not allow them to talk to each other underwater, so they had to communicate through gestures. Poor Goku thought it was an unlikely time to play charades, but he soon understood what Vegeta was trying to say (of course, it did take a mild ki shot to the head from Vegeta before Goku really understood what he was trying to say). Soon they arrived to the place Vegeta spoke of; a large metal door in front of a giant underwater cave.
With a look and a nod, Vegeta told Goku that they should blast the door down. Goku was about to agree, but then shook his head "no" at Vegeta. Vegeta was livid: "What is the problem with this moron?" he thought.Goku pointed above the doors, with Vegeta looking in that direction. Then he saw that there was loose rock above the entrance. That meant that if they were to blast the door, they would cause a cave-in and wouldn't be able to get in anyway. Vegeta was, once again, amazed by Goku's perceptive nature.
Goku grabbed one side of the door and gestured for Vegeta to get the other side. Vegeta understood and, reluctantly, went along to open the door. They both pulled slightly and the door tore open, letting all the water in and sucking in both Saiyans (to their surprise). Inside, Goku and Vegeta were kneeling on the floor and spitting water out. They then saw another metal door come down behind the broken one and seal off the incoming water. Grates on the floor opened to evacuate the water that had made it into the chamber. This all happened in less than thirty seconds and the floor was once again as dry as before.
"Whoever built this place knew what they were doing!" said Vegeta, being careful not to let his awe show.
"Phheewww!" whistled Goku, as he looked around. "Boy, this place sure is big! One could get lost here, right Vegeta?" The younger Saiyan looked in the direction of his shorter counterpart as he said this.
"Pftt. Only you would get lost here Kakkarrot. I could sense my way out of this place anytime I wanted to." The truth was that the Prince had been trying to sense any energy signatures near them, but had not been able to, which made him nervous.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the cavern.
"Well, well. It seems they wore themselves out. That's fine; let them rest. I will need them at full strength for the next phase. Now, let's check on my new toys."
The old man pushed a button and the inside of the tubes Bulma and ChiChi were in faded to black, concealing the women. Turning around he walked slowly to another room, entered a security code to open the door and turned on a light switch. In the middle of the room there were two humanoid creatures, both clad in black, their faces obscured by dark, round helmets. They looked like race car drivers but with a Red Ribbon insignia as their only symbol.
"Excellent. They are perfect! Now, I just need to finish the experiment and make a few minor adjustments and they will be ready to take on those Saiyans. Finally, I will destroy the ones that robbed me of my revenge." Then, thinking back to his other victims he smiled to himself and said: "The arena is prepared. Soon I will turn those women loose against each other. This will make them bring out their latent powers, while at the same time, my leech ray will siphon off part of the power they give off and store it away for… later use."
He turned to switch the lights off and leave the room, but not before turning and looking at his work with an evil smirk. Yes, he would see those Saiyans pay…all of them. Moving to another room filled with monitors he could see the men searching their surroundings. Smiling he pushed a button and said "this should be amusing. Let's see if they make it here alive…"
The guys were walking down a metallic corridor using their ki for a light. Looking around they felt the corridor went on forever. Finally, Goku plopped down tired from walking so much.
"That's it Vegeta. I can't go on…I'm too tired…you…go on…without me…"
Vegeta turned around and said, "What are you talking about Kakarrot? You're the strongest under the heavens…after me of course. How can you be tired already?"
"B…b…bbb…ecause…" Vegeta braced himself for a stupid answer of astronomical proportions."…I didn't have any breakfast"
This answer was not as stupid as the one he thought he would get. And it was true; if a Saiyan did not keep well-fed they did not have energy to fight or do pretty much anything. Vegeta had to admit that, since they had been searching for their mates, they had not stopped to eat. And, it did not look like there was anything around this place to eat, unless they wanted to cannibalize each other. Vegeta actually thought about this, for about one second…
"Hmm, there's a thought…WHAT! What am I thinking? I'm not eating the baka! I'll become just as stupid as he is! No way, I'd rather starve!"
"…can't…go…on…" Goku whined and plopped his head onto the ground, with a loud thud, his ears ringing from the impact.
"Hey.,.Vegeta…I must have hit my head hard…I hear ringing…"
"Hmmph. Maybe if you hit yourself hard enough you'd remember your Saiyan programming and be useful for once."
Goku thought about this and then hit his head again, trying to do what Vegeta had suggested. He repeated this a few times until he was dizzy from the constant punishment. "Nope, I don't think that's going to work Vegeta. But I still can hear that ringing…"
Vegeta was about to say something un-nice to Goku, when he noticed that he could hear the ringing too. Then, taking a fighting stance he said, "Either the ringing in your head is loud enough for me to hear, or there's something going on here. Stand up! And be ready for battle."
At the mention of battle, Goku stood straight up and got into a fighting stance as well, his eyes looking back and forth for an enemy. Vegeta did this and smelled the air for any sign of the threat. He detected nothing. However, just as Goku was about to lower his guard, they hear the ringing sound again. "What IS that?" said Vegeta. Then, everything went deathly quiet. "I don't like this, Kakarrot. There are no sounds anywhere. There should at least be something…" Just then, Vegeta heard more than he ever wanted to, as a rushing torrent of water came crashing against them, filling up the whole room. The Saiyans were caught by surprise with this and, even though they were hovering at the top of the tunnel, the whole area was flooded in a matter of seconds. Vegeta tried blasting out of the area, but the walls were impervious to ki blasts; it was almost as if the metal were absorbing the energy. He was only able to take one last breath before the room was completely filled with water. Submerged, he and Goku were looking for a way out. Goku was still trying to blast his way out but, as weak as he was, he couldn't do much.
Vegeta motioned for them to head to the bottom of the room. There he started punching the metal, which started giving way. Goku joined Vegeta in trying to punch their way out of their situation. However, a loud, screeching sound reverberated through the room, amplified by the water. Both Saiyans lost a lot of air in the process. While both were in pain, Vegeta started taking in water and drowning. The single thought that went through his mind was, "No! It can't be! I cannot die this way. Not this way!" As he was starting to blank out, Goku took him by the shoulder and put two fingers on his forehead and, with his last breath, teleported them out of there.
"NOOOO!" The scientist, watching in his control room, slammed his fists into the control panel, making the lights flicker some. "I had them…they were dead…how could I have overlooked his teleportation technique?…AARRGGHH!" Then, regaining his composure, he stated "No matter. They will be back. And by the time they do, phase III will be completed. Then nothing will stop me; Nothing." Switching to a different monitor, he could see ChiChi and Bulma fighting each other in an arena. Chichi had long gone Super Saiyan, while Bulma was trailing. However, she seemed to have about equal power to ChiChi in Super Saiyan form. "Interesting, now how can that be?" He then saw ChiChi slam her foot against Bulma's face, making her bleed. Bulma turned around and, tasting her own blood, became enraged and screamed to the top of her lungs, while her hair flickered between her natural color and gold. She let loose a yell aimed at ChiChi and the force of the yell pushed ChiChi back against the wall. Bulma took to the air and lunged for ChiChi's throat.
"Good, good. She's reached Super Saiyan state. A little slow, like her husband, but a dramatic change nonetheless. She also seems to be much more vicious than her sparring partner there. Good. She will do just nicely. The other is much stronger, but is not tactical at all. However, she makes a good heavy-hitter. Regardless, they will provide me with all the power I need."
Meanwhile, back at Kame House, Turtle was coming in from the outside to get something to eat. However, when he went inside he was surprised at the sight before him: There was a tangled mass of bodies there; two had long, black hair, one had only a small, curly tail showing, and yet another had a shiny surface to it. Turtle, tilted his head sideways to make sense of what he was seeing. This, however, didn't help at all so he shrugged and went back outside.