Chapter3: sweet dreams, part 1
Trunks, Goten and Zara walked into the house in the middle of the small row. Goten lead the way into the small living room and turned to his friends.
"You know we should celebrate. Since the trio is back together again and all!" he said. Zara looked up at him and smiled.
"Sure, I could use a night to relax but I thought you were growing sick of me in the end."
Goten shook his head.
"No I wasn't, I was sick of you two and your little puppy love." Goten replied before ducking out of the way as a cushion flew past. Trunks folded his arms across his chest.
"Well we were getting pretty fed up of your lame jokes. Just because she was happy to see that I was alright after all that Buu stuff doesn't mean she was my girlfriend 'ten." He said as he sat on the sofa. Zara stared at him before sitting down as well. Goten watched her. Was that a little disappointment he saw?
"So what kind of a celebration did you have in mind?" Zara asked, instantly making Goten forget what he had seen.
"Oh, I don't know, movie night?" he suggested. Trunks looked up at his friend.
"You know, that idea is pretty good, considering it came from you." Trunks said casually just to annoy Goten. "There has been a movie I've been wanting to rent." He finished.
"Then it's decided, we'll have a movie night." Zara said before Goten had a chance to retaliate to Trunks.
Far above the clouds the two aliens were still watching.
"Jacina, what's going on down there?" Findla asked. His brother looked over the monitor that was doing continuous scans of the blue planet below them.
"It seems like everything has gone back to how it was. 10k." Jacina answered. Findla frowned and walked to the chair in the exact centre of the dark room.
"Prepare him then." He said after much thought. Jacina stared wide-eyed.
"Now? But there's no telling what he might do!" the smaller of the two men exclaimed. Findla turned in his seat to stare at him.
"Jacina, I already told our leader that I would handle all threats. Now we have seen a power that definitely would have out matched that of Frieza. We must take care of them before we proceed. Do I make my self clear?" he asked. His younger brother gulped then sighed.
"Yes sir. He'll be ready within the hour." Jacina said before leaving. Findla smiled as he stared out of the view screen.
"Good…" he mumbled as he stared at the brilliant blue orb below him.
It was several hours later on Earth. Goku now sat round the kitchen table in his house with his wife, Chichi. He looked out of the kitchen window and at the house next door to them. Chichi watched him.
"Goku, what's wrong?" she asked Goku glanced at her then back out the window.
"Nothing really. I guess I'm just worried about Emily. She's been sensing something that her scanners refuse to find." He said. Chichi frowned.
"You better not be saying what I think you are." She said and Goku looked round at her properly.
"Don't worry, Chi. It's probably nothing. I would have sensed it if it was a threat." He lied. He may not have sensed anything but he didn't have the best of feelings about Emily's sensations. Chichi sighed.
"Maybe it's just the kids. They have been hyperactive lately. Maybe I should watch them for her tomorrow so she can have a break…" she suggested. Goku smiled.
"That would be a nice thing to do for her." Goku smiled. Chichi nodded and smiled back before glancing at the clock. Goku looked at it as well before sighing.
"I guess I better be getting back. Uub is probably getting worried." He muttered. Chichi frowned.
"Why don't you just stay here for the night?" She asked. Goku sighed and got up.
"I would if I could Chi, but I really should be getting back. The two of us have a busy day of training tomorrow." He said softly. Chichi stared at him and looked down. Goku watched her then gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
"Bye Chi." He said before putting his index and middle fingers on his head before disappearing.
At C.C home base, the three teenagers were preparing for their movie night. Trunks had just walked in with Goten.
"That is still a pretty good choice." Goten was saying but Trunks was just frowning at the box in his hand Zara poked her head out from round the kitchen door.
"What's up with you?" she asked when she saw Trunks face. Goten laughed and playfully hit Trunks arm.
"We got to the store too late. Turns out the whole city had the same idea as us. We could only get some old 50's horror flick." Goten said, laughing. Trunks rolled his eyes.
"It's not funny. Actually typical that you're first good idea was the same as everyone else's" Trunks said and Goten frowned.
"Har, har, very funny. Well at least we have popcorn an a half ok movie." Goten said. Zara shook her head, grinning to herself as she came in. It was good to see that those two hadn't changed.
"So what did you get?" she asked and Trunks held up the box. Zara stared blankly at it.
"Frankenstein the musical? You gotta be kidding me." She said and Trunks shook his head.
"That's the best they had." Trunks said.
"Oh joy…" Zara said sarcastically before going to the sofa with the popcorn. Trunks sighed and put the video in and sat next to her and Goten sat on the floor.
Within five minutes they were all asleep and beginning to dream.
Trunks was in a large conference room with over a dozen people round the outside staring at him. For some reason they all resembled members of the board of diractors for Capsule Corp. as he looked round at them all he noticed two people in the middle.
"Mum? Dad?" he asked but Vegeta raised his hand to silence him and turned to his wife, Bulma, who stood up.
"Agent 59, we require your skills for a mission. A renegade scientist has been stealing Plutonium from several of the nations top research facilities. We need you to find out why and stop what ever he's planning." She said. Trunks stared blankly at her. I must be dreaming…he thought. Bulma continued.
"There are two females under the employ of this mad man. You'll have to use one to gain access to his lair." She finished as an envelope was handed to Trunks.
Just the one? He thought before he opened the envelope. The girls shared a likeness to either Zara or Marron. Okay…moving on… he thought before going off to receive his gadgets from a man who looked just like his grandfather.
A little gadget shopping and a lot of speeding in a very cool later, Trunks had arrived at the hotel where the girls were staying. Wow, talk about being loaded…he thought as he stared at it then walked in. he soon found the Marron look alike and followed her up to the pent house suit.
He watched her go in and then went up to the door, finding it unlocked. He stared at it then shrugged before walking in. he looked around and peered into all the rooms but couldn't find the girl anywhere.
Strange…He thought as he returned to the living room to find the Zara look alike sitting on the sofa in an expensive evening gown and her hair in a loose bun. She looked up at him confused.
"I wasn't expecting to find any body up here." She said in an exotic voice that didn't belong to her. "Who are you?"
Trunks stared at her then decided that it was probably best if he played along with the dream. It wasn't the real Zara after all.
"I'm Briefs. Trunks Briefs." He said in true 007 style. The Zara look alike simply stared at him.
"Well then mister Briefs, would you care to tell me why you're here?" she asked.
"I'm actually looking for your boss. You wouldn't be able to show me the way, will you?" he asked, flashing her his best smile. She smiled back and got up.
"I would be glad to. You just better tell me his name first to make sure you have the right room." She said. Trunks stared blankly at her. He couldn't remember the guy's name! Or hadn't they mentioned it? Odd.
"Well…he's…err…" Trunks stuttered as he tried to remember exactly what had happened before. The Zara look alike smiled at him as she walked closer.
"You're kinda cute when you stutter." She said when she was close enough and that was the last thing Trunks could remember before he received a large blow on the back of the head.
The next thing Trunks knew, he was staring at a white ceiling. He tried to get up but found that he was strapped to a table.
"What the-?" he muttered then looked up.
"Ah, Mr Briefs, you finally awaken." A man on the other side of the room said. He had a greyish complexion and a rather large and round head attached to a stick thin body. He was wearing a white suit and an eye patch.
"We were beginning to worry about you." The strange looking man said. Trunks raised his brow then looked to his right to see the Zara and Marron look a likes brining round what looked like a laser. Uh oh… he thought. The grey man smirked evilly.
"We were expecting you sooner but that doesn't matter. The agency will get our message along with your mutilated corpse." The man was saying. Trunks looked wide-eyed at the laser and tried to break out of the restraints just to find he couldn't. He tried powering up but found that he couldn't do that either.
Oh kami, this isn't good! Why won't I just wake up? He asked himself then looked up to see the grey man next to him, staring at him.
"Aren't you enjoying the dream saiyan? To real? Well I better leave you alone and see what your friends make of my surprises then." He said before laughing and disappearing from view. Trunks stared wildly around then settled his gaze on the laser that had just turned on and was slowly slicing through the table, towards him. Trunks yelled out and tried harder to break free but to no affect.
In the real world, Trunks's body jeered violently and was drenched in a cold sweat as he slept. Surprisingly his violent movements didn't awaken the usually light sleeping Zara who had slid down onto his shoulder, her fringe covering her eyes.
And sprawled across the floor was Goten, the one whose dream the mysterious grey creature was about to invade.