Things had been quiet. Perhaps a little too quiet according to a select few. It had been four months since the last attack and nothing had happened. Not a single android or cyborg had raised its ugly head. But that didn't mean it was over. Everyday Goten sat at his desk in the Satan City police station, receiving news that yet another person had gone missing. He knew who was behind it, he just couldn't find him.
Everybody seemed to be on edge. The Son cousins and Eli weren't allowed to go anywhere on their own and now neither was Zara. Trunks had made her let Bulma check her over and they found something that meant good news but also could put a risk on her life if she fought anymore. Zara was pregnant and was expecting the baby any day now. Bulma had gone about reminding her about Saiyan pregnancies and the sharing of ki energy between mother and child and it appeared that Zara had to keep being reminded as her mood swings worsened.
"I swear every time I try and do something, she yells at me. Then she sulks if you try and argue about it. Then she seems to think we're rubbing her training condition in her face whenever we want to train or spar. She's driving me mad!" Eli complained as he fell back onto Chico's bed. The twins watched him from Goro's bed, Fry sitting on the desk and reading through Goro's latest comic strip.
"It's not for much longer, Eli. She should be back to normal soon. When's the baby due?" Goro asked.
"Last week." Came the blunt reply. Goro closed his mouth as he tried to think of a better way of cheering up his friend while Chico giggled at her brother.
"Well that baby can't stay in there forever! Do you guys know what it's going to be?" she asked. Eli shrugged.
"I hope it'll be a girl then," Chico continued, thinking what it'll be like to have another girl saiyan around. Goro shook his head.
"Nah, I bet boy. Couldn't be another girl," he remarked. Chico turned to face him, frowning.
"Why not?" she questioned and Goro smiled.
"Simple. Look at the amount of saiyan guys. There's more of us so guys are more likely," he explained, poking his tongue out at his sister.
"That's stupid and you know it," Chico shot back. Goro went to argue but Fry decided to cut in.
"So what's up with the grand cyborg hunt?" he asked, placing the comics back onto their spot on the desk. Eli shrugged.
"I dunno but its driving grandpa nuts. He keeps going on rants about sending in others to do your bidding and not even seeing it through. I think he wants them to attack again just so he can rip them a new one." Eli said , turning onto his side to face the cousins. Goro looked up from his stare down with his sister.
"It is really weird that they just disappeared like that. Grandpa Goku thinks they're getting their strength up so everyone's on the lookout for when they comeback," he paused and everyone thought over what that could mean…
on the other side of the planet, miles underground, a figure in the shadows was celebrating. Kisho stuck to the shadows as he walked around the lab a buzz with excitement. He couldn't go far from the computer and the other machinery in the corner of the room but that didn't matter. His greatest experiment was about to be complete.
"…And those pesky saiyans will pay for having me loose all of that energy. But they can't stop me! Not now! In a few more hours it will be complete and I will be unstoppable! the saiyans will be wiped off of the face of this planet and a new master race will take over! My race!" Kisho began to laugh with glee, what ever scrap of sanity he had once held had gone out of the window along time ago due to his experimenting.
The bio android he had been talking to made a noise almost in reply to Kisho's mad ranting and the doctor paused to look at it.
"Ah, how could I forget about you? now then, what I need from you and the others is to distract the z warriors while I complete this. Ware them down as much as possible so that I may collect the energy and add it to the experiment. And then the 'z warriors' will get to meet my greatest accomplishment!" Kisho ordered, beginning to laugh again as an over head light flickered on and off to show of the legion bio androids behind the first. All of them bowed as one followed by a flurry of bodies as every single one went to fly out of the underground chamber.
A punch sailed past the spiky haired head as Goku barely dodged, only to get into the firing line of a second. Goku grunted as the lavender streak flew round and Trunks kneed Goku in the gut before Vegeta fired a blast at both of them. Goku and Trunks were sent sailing, Goku hitting the GR's floor hard. He grunted and looked up at the proud prince.
"If I didn't know any better then I'd say that you two were ganging up on me." He said as he climbed up.
"Don't be ridiculous Kakarot. I don't work with anyone." Vegeta shot back. Goku blinked.
"But I thought-" he stopped mid-sentence when he realised that they were still in play and that Trunks was behind him charging up a blast. Goku rolled a side at the last minute and fired a blast of his own at Trunks.
"Hey! I don't even have Goten in here with me!" Goku argued. Vegeta laughed as he floated down to the ground.
"And is that a problem Kakarot?" he asked.
"Nah, I'm just surprised at you Vegeta," Goku replied, powering up to super in the blink of an eye. Vegeta and Trunks followed suit.
"Nothing wrong with a father and son working together," Trunks pointed out, getting into a stance. Goku nodded, preparing for the next wave of attacks with a crafty smile on his face. Vegeta and Trunks lunged at Goku at the same time but Goku instant translocated away. he arrived at the top of the room with his hands on either side of his face.
"Solar flare!" the whole room lit up and both Trunks and Vegeta backed up as they were blinded. Vegeta grunted and strained to sense Goku's location through the pain in his eyes. Goku flew down and punched Trunks into a wall before focusing on Vegeta, punches and kicks flying at the prince who was dodging with his eyes closed, a smirk on his face. Goku grunted and disappeared again, just to fire a blast into Vegeta's side. Vegeta didn't see it coming in time and was sent into the wall next to his son. Both of the princes groaned as they got up, their eye sight only just returning.
"Kakarot! That's a cowardly attack and you know it!" Vegeta grunted. Goku laughed.
"Hey, you said nothing about using solar flares! Don't be sore 'cus I beat'cha." Goku said, his laugh fading into his classic grin. Trunks sat up and shook his head.
"We would have had you that time if you hadn't used that move. Our scores would've been tied again," trunks pointed out.
"Oh yea, that's 138 spars to 136," Goku grinned as Vegeta walked over to the in-built refrigeration unit and got out three bottles of water, two of which he threw across the room to Goku and Trunks."
"From the way you two talk about it you'd think this was a mere game we play," Vegeta pointed out, opening the bottles and taking a large swig.
"Yea, 'cause you're not keeping score, dad.," Trunks shot back, doing the same with his bottle. Goku looked between the father and son duo before sliding down into a sitting position next to Trunks.
"So how's life?" He asked casually as he began to drink.
"Same old. Zara's mood swings are getting worse. She wants to train to let off steam but she can't because she's pregnant. When ever I see her she's doing some mental activity to try and calm herself down. You can't go anywhere without seeing at least one thing floating around," Trunks replied, looking up as Vegeta sat down on his other side.
"Then are you sure that you sneaking off to train isn't making things harder for her?" Goku asked. Trunks shrugged.
"I don't know but I have to do something to get away. Eli keeps doing the same thing though. He only stays at our house for meals and then he teleports back over to Goten's," he argued. Vegeta looked up from his water thoughtfully.
"It seems that practically all of the women we know experience the worse mood swings known to saiyan kind. Surely you remember what your harpy of a wife was like with her first pregnancy, Kakarot?"
"Hey, Chichi's different. She uses weapons-"
"She uses a frying pan. Something she's been trying to pass on to both Marron and Zara. Possibly Pan as well," Trunks interrupted.
"Either way she's different. So how far along is Zara anyway?" Goku finished, trying to change the subject. Trunks was about to reply when the video phone screen set into the control console turned on, Bulma's face filling up the screen.
"Trunks! Where are you? We need you down here!" Bulma yelled. Behind her the men could just about make out Chichi trying to soothe Zara who looked as though she was in a lot of pain.
"Why what is it?" Trunks asked, getting up and starting to try and sense out the empathic bond he and Zara shared. He knew the answer before Bulma said it.
"Zara's in labour!"
Trunks was out the room and running towards the main complex at full sprint, Goku and Vegeta behind him. Trunks rounded the corner, the entrance in sight, when a blast sailed down out of nowhere. Trunks skidded to a halt as the ground exploded upwards before him. Trunks looked up at the face of the bio android that had attacked him, two more androids behind the first and each one waiting expectantly.