Chapter Eleven: Prophecies, Old Languages, Models and Gandalf. Or The Filler Chapter!
Disclaimer: I haven't done these in a while, so. I do not own Dragonball Z or any of it's characters and properties. I also do not own anything/anyone that I make a cultural reference to in this story. I do however own the characters that I created, even though their personalities are from people I know
A/N: I know, I know, it's been a long time. I shouldn't have left you(s). I'm sorry! Finals are a bitch…and stuff. The O.C. has been a real big distraction…hehe. Enjoy!
"Gohan, this place is beautiful!" Videl said happily. She and Gohan were in a small lake in the woods. "How did you find it?"
"Piccolo showed me…inadvertently." Gohan replied.
"I'm not even going to ask." Videl replied. Gohan could not stop looking at her, but he could feel that his face was getting warm.
"I just hope this place stays like this…you know, when we-err…I mean, when I'm still old." Gohan stuttered.
"Mmm hmm." Videl replied coyly.
"I'm glad you like it Videl-san."
"Don't you mean Son Videl-chan?"
"NANI?!" Gohan yelled falling into the lake in surprise. Videl started to laugh merrily. Gohan barely kept his head above the water, trying to hide in embarrassment.
"Goten tells me that's what you call me when you think no one is listening." Videl laughed. "Like when you're daydreaming or sleeping…" Videl started to laugh even more so. Gohan blushed furiously. Out of nowhere, Videl felt herself being pulled down. She realised that she had been pulled into the lake by Gohan, who was now on the bank sitting down hiding behind his knees. "What was THAT for?"
"I had to get you to stop laughing…it was the first thing that popped into my head!" Gohan said ashamedly. Videl started to laugh again as he helped out of the lake. Much to Gohan's surprise, Videl embraced him. He could feel his face turning bright red.
"I'd love to be Son Videl-chan someday." Videl said. Gohan, going completely against every single thought in his head, bent down and gave Videl a kiss.
"Good." Gohan said. "I can't wait 'til someday."
"Someday…" Gohan mumbled slightly.
"Did Gohan just say something?" David asked.
"No, I think he's still unconscious." Nicholas said.
"I think I'm losing my mind." Krillin said. "Am I the only one that heard that raspy voice?"
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL MY VOICE RASPY?! IT'S THIS DAMN COMMUNICATOR THE ONNA COOKED UP!" The voice yelled again.
"F-father?" Trunks asked fearfully. "But…how are you still alive?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Vegeta's voice echoed through everyone's communicators.
"Because the Earth's caput!" Trunks replied.
"Define caput."
"Destroyed Father."
"It is?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Then, how am I still alive?"
"That's what I want to bloody well know!"
"I love these father-son bonding moments." Andrea said wistfully. "I think I know what's going on here. Nat, you there?"
"Yep, don't worry guys. The Earth isn't gone, but the enemy sure as hell think it is." Natalie said. "Cory and me worked a little mojo, thanks to the information that Mirai Nick gave us."
"Define mojo." Krillin said.
"Well, Cory created an illusion that the Earth was blowing up, and I combined his power with mine so that it looked real enough to be believable."
"Okay, I'll set the fastest course home." Trunks said, getting to the controls.
"Why didn't you warn us in advance?" Nicholas asked.
"You were the one that helped with the plan. You fixed the machine so it wouldn't work." Natalie replied. "Ergo, I warned you."
"First of all, don't use ergo. Bad Matrix memories. Second of all, you did not!"
"I did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Look, just because you can't friggin remember!"
"I can so remember! You told me nothing of the sort!"
"Did so! You called me a minx for thinking of it and everything."
"Even though that sounds like something I would say, that doesn't mean I actually said it…wait, I think maybe you told it to one or more of my doubles."
"See, I told you I did."
"But you never told me did you?!"
"No, just your more capable counterparts."
"NANI?!"
"Enough!" Trunks yelled.
"Gomen…" They both uttered.
"Can't this thing go any faster?" Krillin asked.
"Faster is my middle occupation dude." David said, as he rushed off. Suddenly the ship kicked into overdrive and within a matter of minutes, the ship was hovering above CC.
"H-h-h-h-how did he do that?" Trunks asked. David zoomed back in.
"I just made the turbines go faster, it's a good thing your mother still uses those old machine parts for her ships." David replied. Natalie and Bulma met them at the ship.
"Quick, let's get them both to the infirmary." Bulma said.
A while later…"How are they?" Chi-Chi asked as Natalie came out of the infirmary.
"Pan will be fine, thanks to that senzu bean thingy Mr Son had. She's recovering just fine." Natalie replied. Everyone present sighed in relief.
"What about Gohan?" Goku asked. Natalie's expression became even more pained.
"I don't know…" Natalie started. "Because of the shock of what happened, he's out. Kind of like a computer on stand-by. He should be fine as long as he wakes up, but the longer it takes him to wake up…the harder it'll be."
"Can't you…"
"Use telepathy? It's very risky." Natalie said. "I may cause more harm than good if I do that. In this case, its best for us to just keep talking to him. Maybe he'll respond…"
"That's a lot of maybes, I thought you were supposed to be a doctor." Vegeta said.
"I am, that doesn't mean I can perform miracles unfortunately." Natalie replied.
"That's what the Dragonballs are for." Goku replied. "But we can't use them now, we may need them later."
Elsewhere…"Hey Remy." Trunks said, as he and Marron joined their friend.
"Hi." Remy replied, then smiled slightly at Marron. "Guess you're not gonna let him out of your sight now are you?"
"Between the death grip she has on my arm and the fact that she's only left my side when I go to the toilet, how did you ever guess?" Trunks said, sweat-dropping. Marron gave him a look.
"I told Gohan that Trunks shouldn't have gone." Marron said.
"Gohan was being driven by love not common sense." Remy replied. "Poor guy."
"Speaking of lack of common sense, where's Goten got to? And CJ for that matter." Marron said.
"If they're both gone at the same time, I don't wanna think about what they're up to." Trunks said. Marron and Trunks noticed that Remy was uncomfortably silent. "Remy…"
"CJ went home!" Remy yelled like a soldier at boot camp.
"And Goten…?" Marron said folding her arms.
"He said he went to eat pizza!"
"Eat pizza…holy Thundercats, he's gone to confront someone!" Trunks said. (1)
"How do you know that?" Remy asked, amazed.
"Holy Thundercats?" Marron asked, amused.
"Because I know Goten, pizza means a confrontation. He never goes out for pizza because it can be delivered to him." Trunks said. "And Thundercats because I couldn't think of a 'Holy Something, Batman' line quick enough." (2)
"Oh." Both women replied.
"Okay, now who has he gone to go confront?" Trunks asked, closing in on Remy.
"I am not allowed to tell! And there is no way you're getting it out of me!" Remy said, speeding away. She ran around CC for ages until she reached another room. When she went in there she found Trunks waiting for her.
"Hello Remy." Trunks said.
"But…how…I was…you were…how in the blue hell did you get here before I did?" Remy asked.
"I live here, I know all the shortcuts. Now, are you going to tell me or do I have to get mean?" Trunks said.
"You can't threaten me!" Remy said. "First of all, I have the advantages cos you don't have your powers. Second, you're still afraid of touching any female except your wife. Thirdly, I can scream like a banshee. Or Banshee himself actually." Remy chuckled at her joke. (3)
"Huh?"
"Never mind, you wouldn't get it."
"Well I would if you'd tell me…stop trying to change the subject!"
"I AM NOT TELLING YOU WHERE GOTEN WENT!!" Remy yelled, flooring Trunks. She smiled triumphantly. "If you want to know where he is you're going to have to find out for yourself."
"Kami-sama, you didn't have to yell you know!" Trunks replied, rubbing his ears. Remy face-faulted.
In the wilderness of Japan…"I know Tien is into this serenity stuff but he could at least carry a phone! I've been walking for ages!" Yamcha said to no one in particular. Indeed, he had been trudging through the same forest for half the day. "Y-yatta!!" He exclaimed in joy, as he finally saw a house in the middle of the woods. He carefully studied the outside and from the training equipment (broken rocks and kendo sticks) and the arsenal (Launch's guns and stuff) he guessed that it was indeed Tien's house. Without thinking, he burst into the house yelling. "TIEN!!"
"Yeah?!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Yamcha screamed running out of the house again. "Mind unclean…must sanitize!"
A little later…"I really think you're overreacting Yamcha." Tien said, as the two old friends sat down to tea.
"I am NOT!" Yamcha said defensively. "You shouldn't walk around in your skivvies you know!"
"Why not? It's my house." Tien replied, taking a sip of his tea.
"But…"
"My house that happens to be in the middle of nowhere."
"But…"
"I also had no idea that you were coming. You really should've called first."
"WHAT?!" Yamcha yelled. "How could I? You don't even have a phone!!"
"Yes I do." Tien said. Yamcha's jaw almost dropped to the floor.
"How can you even get a line out here?"
"It's a cellular phone. Launch really wanted one." Tien said. "The reception is often bad but it still works…"
"I don't know whether to be amazed or to take this as a sign of the apocalypse." Yamcha sighed.
"Why are you here anyway?"
"There's a threat to Earth. Aliens." Yamcha said.
"Again?"
"Yeah."
"I'm flattered that you'd ask for my help Yamcha, really. But what help could I be with Goku around? Not to mention the rest of the Super Saiyans." Tien said.
"Goku and Vegeta have both been rendered powerless."
"NANI?!" Tien stood up in shock, knocking over the cup of tea.
"Tien, it seems that these aliens did some research. They knew who were the most powerful, so they made some sort of chemical that shuts off any kind of Saiyan power. Trunks and Goten got hit too, and now they're about as powerful as we were years ago."
"Well when you put it like that…" Tien said.
"I know." Yamcha said. "I've also managed to find Piccolo. He's on his way to Capsule Corp right now."
"What about Goku's student? Uubu I think his name was."
"Oh God…we forgot."
"It's a good thing you found me then ne?" Tien smirked. Yamcha chuckled.
In the infirmary, CC…"Hey Claudia, I was wondering where you were." Drake said, as he walked into Pan's room. "How's she doing?"
"She's fine. She woke up a while ago and then went back to sleep." Claudia said. "It's so scary, I thought she was gonna die."
"Pan's stronger than that."
"You weren't really looking for me were you?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"You can't sneak in a kiss while she's sleeping you know. It's dishonest."
"NANI?!?!"
"Don't be coy." Claudia smirked.
"I told you I don't feel that way about Pan dammit!" Drake yelled. He sighed. "It's just I saw it happen, it was pretty scary. I wanted to see for myself that she was okay."
"I know. I just like to tease you. Say Drake."
"Yeah?"
"You do like girls right?"
"Not really."
"NANI?!"
"I like women. Girls are too immature for my tastes."
"You're growing up to be an exact replica of my father as a teenager. How did that happen?"
"I think he had influence on me while I was developing." Drake smirked. "Plus my mum was a bit of a trouser chaser too."
"Your dad better not hear that."
"Oh he knows, and he's made sure that any guy my mother knows, knows that he's not afraid of prison."
"Yowza."
"Yeah, I think Maria's gonna stay single for the rest of her life."
"What about you?"
"I haven't met the right girl yet." Drake said.
"The right girl for you doesn't exist on our planet Summers." Pan muttered, as she turned over in her sleep.
"Even in her sleep, she can't hide her contempt for me. What am I to do?" Drake sighed.
Downtown…"Oh man…oh man…" Val said, as she ran through her office building. She was a small, brunette in her early twenties. When she applied for the secretarial job at a modelling corporation she never imagined something like this might happen…well, maybe she did. But only when her weekday replacement Debbie was there. She finally got to her destination and burst in the doors. "MR MITSUBISHI!"
"What on Earth are you doing Mal? We're in the middle of a photo shoot!!" Mr Mitsubishi said. Val sighed. He never got her name right.
"There's this guy downstairs demanding that he see Miss Thing over there." Val said.
"Well tell him to f-…Miss Thing. Hmm, I like the sound of that. What do you think darling?" Mr Mitsubishi asked.
"It's a great idea!" said 'Miss Thing'. Before Val could explain how urgent the situation was, the situation itself burst through the door.
"I want to see Paresu." Goten said, not looking pleased at all. 'Miss Thing' or Paresu squealed at the sight of her ex-husband and went over to hug him.
"Goten-kun! Oh it's been such a long time! How have you been? Is everything alright? You look really angry." Paresu said, not letting get a word in edgeways.
"We need to talk." Goten said.
"C'mon, stop being such a silly!" Paresu said. Goten narrowed his eyes at her. "Wow, you're serious."
"Very." Goten just about growled. Paresu laughed nervously.
"I need to take 10 Mr M." Paresu said.
"But…"
"NOW!" Paresu yelled. Everyone promptly cleared the room. "You know Goten, I like this serious look on you. Very nice."
"Cut the crap Paresu." Goten said. "I'm gonna give you one last chance to tell me about the CJ and Dominic Walker thing."
"God, this again?!" Paresu asked annoyed. "That was over a decade ago!"
"One more time Paresu."
"I told you I didn't have anything to do with it." Paresu said.
"Liar."
"What?!"
"I know what happened. Finally, after all these years." Goten replied angrily. Paresu's face whitened with fear.
"So that bitch finally had the guts to tell you then?"
"NEVER call her that! You hear me?" Goten practically roared.
"I knew it. I knew you always had feelings for her." Paresu said.
"Why?" Goten asked. Paresu sighed. "Why would you do something like this to her? You know how much I loved you."
"You're right. I did. But what you felt for me paled in comparison for the love you felt for her." Paresu said. "It made me angry that an anti-social, sour-faced, flat-chested, angry little freak of a girl could be more important to you than me."
"She was my first love! She would always have a place in my heart but that doesn't give you the excuse to do that! There is no excuse on the planet that gives you the right to do that dammit!" Goten exclaimed. "And in her defence, you have had a little work done. Anyone would look flat-chested next to you." Paresu blushed.
"I had no choice Goten…"
"NO! You did have a choice. You could have talked to me, talked to someone about this problem, this need you have to be the centre of attention all the f$£$& time!" Goten yelled. Paresu started to sniff. "Oh ho no, you are not gonna pull out the crying card on me woman! I am way too angry for that."
"sniff Really?"
"Really, really." She stopped. Goten was getting more and more angry as he spoke with her. "I'm beginning to forget what I ever saw in you."
"A hot girl with great legs that actually returned your feelings maybe?" Paresu asked. Goten paused. "She never returned your feelings Goten, she was not good enough for you. I was the only one perfect for you."
"You're the one who divorced me remember?" Goten said. She looked down at the floor. "What was it you said? An owner of a restaurant was just not in your perfect image or something stupid like that."
"I did love you, you know."
"I thought I loved you too…now I'm not so sure."
"Goten, I…"
"You wanted her raped Paresu. Just because I had feelings for her way before I met you! I had dated tons of girls in between getting over her and dating you."
"How was I supposed to know that?"
"You did know that!! You just chose to ignore it." Goten sighed angrily. "She could've really been hurt that day. Trunks could have killed someone! And the worse part of it is, you knew all this and you still went ahead with it."
"Not true, I didn't know anyone would come and save her." Paresu said. Goten threw his hands up in the air and started to walk away. "Don't you walk away from me Son Goten!"
"I already walked away from you long before today Paresu." Goten said.
"What are you gonna do? Have me arrested or something?" She asked mockingly.
"I dunno. It's not my choice to make." He left her there stunned.
Back at CC…"Auntie…" Cory said, tugging at Natalie's trouser (or pants, whatever :P) leg. "Can I speak to Papa?"
"Of course you can sweetie." Natalie said. "Sit on that chair and don't touch any of those tubes okay?" Cory nodded and Natalie left the room. She walked downstairs where everyone is in the living room.
"Any change?" Goku asked. She shook her head.
"Cory's in there talking to him now."
"I wish we didn't have to just sit here and do nothing." Trunks sighed.
"We shouldn't be anyway." Vegeta said. "We're all just sitting here waiting to be attacked."
"Tousan…" Trunks said warningly.
"He has a point." David said. Everyone turned to look at him. "Even if the enemy thinks we're dead, that doesn't mean it's over. How long before they figure out what we've done and come back? We need a back-up plan."
"What we need to do is knock some heads together and get some information." A voice said, walking in the door.
"Piccolo!" Goku exclaimed.
"Yamcha got in touch with me and told me all of what was going on." Piccolo said, surveying the room. "Although he did leave out the part with Gohan's friends being here."
"It's a long story Piccolo-san." Trunks sighed.
"Where is Gohan?" Piccolo asked. Everyone became very solemn. "And where's his wife for that matter?"
"Um, sir? I think you'd better come with me." Natalie said, as she walked towards the infirmary and Piccolo followed.
In the infirmary…"Papa, I'm not sure if you can hear me right now. I hope that you can." Cory said. He held his father's hand in his. "Pan is doing very well. After a good night's sleep, she should be back to normal. At least that's what Auntie Nat says." Cory bit his lip. "Please Papa, you've got to wake up. I know Pan can be nice, and Grandpa and Grandma are great but I need you. I already lost Mama to those scary alien guys. I don't want to lose you because you're in shock. Mama will come back. Because I know you Papa, you've never given up before. Never! You're the bravest, strongest guy in the world. Not because of your powers, but because you're my Papa. That's just who you are."
"Nnngg…" Gohan stirred. Cory sat up in shock as Gohan held his hand tighter and then went back.
"Papa…" Cory said, tears streaming down his face.
"Cory, is everything okay?" Natalie asked, as she and Piccolo walked into the room.
"He heard me!! He heard me!! He squeezed my hand!" Cory exclaimed.
"That's amazing!!" Natalie exclaimed. "A miracle worker, just like your Pops kid." Cory smiled. "If we keep talking to him, he may just recover from this."
"Physically anyway." Piccolo said. Natalie nodded sadly. They both knew that even if Gohan survived, his willpower would be severely damaged. His wife was gone and his daughter nearly died. They both knew that he would take full blame for this even though none of it was his fault.
Back in the living room…"We can't just leave Videl up there!" Andrea exclaimed.
"I don't think we've been given much of a choice." Trunks replied.
"Is that machine supposed to be blinking red?" Bra asked. Everyone turned to look at the communication station. Bulma quickly got up to open the communication channel.
"WAIT!" Goku yelled as Bulma stopped. "It could be Medilan."
"So what?" Vegeta asked.
"They think we're dead remember?" Goku said. Vegeta opened his mouth to say something but then stopped, realising Goku was right.
"Not having my powers…" Vegeta started to say.
"Sucks Tousan?" Trunks finished.
"Exactly."
"We have to do something. If they can get through to this machine, they know we didn't die anyway." Bulma said. "They think they blew up the whole planet."
"Um, I think the machine is starting to activate itself." Nicholas said, and everyone looked to see that he was right. There was an elderly man on the screen, talking in a language that no one understood. "Listen, mate, we can't understand you!!" The man kept on talking. "Hey old man!!"
"Cosmos, I know who that is!" Zophen said. Everyone turned to look at him.
"It seems to me that you know just about everyone dammit." Vegeta said angrily. "But you still seem to know nothing about what is happening."
"So what do we call this guy?" David asked. "And can you translate what he is saying?"
"On our planet he is known as The Elder." Zophen said.
"My, how original." Vegeta cracked.
"But I cannot translate what he is saying. He is speaking in an ancient tongue and I have not yet been trained to speak that language."
"Yo, Gandalf the White! (4) Can you speak in a language we understand?" Nicholas asked. The Elder stopped talking and looked at Nicholas confused and with a certain degree of awe. "Hey! … Hey! … YO, OLD MAN!! COMPRENDE WHAT I SPEAKO!" The Elder looked even more stunned.
"Nice. You may have just caused an intergalactic incident." Andrea said.
"It certainly wouldn't be the first someone has done that." #18 said, looking directly at Goku and Vegeta. The former laughed nervously while the latter just scowled and sweat-dropped slightly. The Elder started to speak again.
"Shalgya! Dominato shelaot meckalude!" The Elder said.
"Okay, I think I understood what he said there." Zophen said, his brow creased in thought.
"Really? Cos I could've sworn he just called me a domineuce of megadeuce." Nicholas said. (5)
"No, no, no. He called you a dominated megadude!" David smirked.
"And what exactly are you implying by that?" Nicholas raised an eyebrow.
"He called you The Chosen One." Zophen exclaimed. Everyone looked at Zophen with disbelieving faces.
"Okay, either you translated wrongly or Gandalf is whacked out. There's no way I'm Neo, despite having been mistaken for Keanu Reeves many a time." Nicholas said. (6)
"Why do I find that hard to believe?" David asked.
"My translation may be off, but The Elder certainly thinks of you with great importance." Zophen said.
"As Gandalf should. But that still doesn't help us in getting anywhere." Nicholas said.
"His name is not Gandalf." Zophen said.
"He's saying that Uncle Nick is part of the ancient prophecy." Adrian said.
"Duh!" Daniel added.
"Guys, you can understand what Gandalf is saying?" David asked. The twins nodded.
"His name is not…"
"Hey guys, Gohan responded to Cory! I think he's getting better!" Natalie said, walking in.
"That's great!" Goku said, as there was a bubble of rejoicing, which was interrupted by a loud crackling noise coming from the transmission machine. "Hey, I think that Granddad is breaking up."
"That's Gandalf Goku-san." Nicholas corrected.
"His name is not…"
"Hey, I know that guy!" Natalie exclaimed.
"He's the guy that was inside Auntie Nat's brain the other day." Daniel said.
"Duh!" added Adrian.
"Why didn't you brats mention this before?!" Vegeta roared. He promptly went flying across the room.
"I guess Vegeta should know better than to piss off a telekinetic." Krillin sniggered.
"We've got to stop Gandalf from losing the connection!" Bulma said.
"His name is not…"
"Kaasan, try to get the coordinates that Gandalf's calling from." Trunks said, as Bulma scribbled it down.
"His name is not…" Before they could ask any more questions, The Elder's transmission cut off.
"Got it!" Bulma exclaimed.
"Dude, Gandalf's gone." David said.
"Do you think he'll come back as Gandalf the Silver?" Nicholas asked.
"Nah, I'm guessing Gandalf the Platinum. It's more shiny." David replied.
"HIS NAME IS NOT GANDALF!!" Zophen yelled.
"Geez Z, relax." David said.
"Yeah, we're sorry." Nicholas said. Zophen looked at the floor in embarrassment. There was a brief silence.
"Oh yeah, Pan's in the infirmary. I was half expecting a squeal." Goku said, as everyone else sort of nodded in agreement.
"Okay Zophen, what's the deal on this prophecy?"
To Be Continued…
Woo. Es Finito. Yes there is a cliffhanger. Sorry readers but this chapter is damn long and I'm only getting 5 reviews a pop. Makes me feel very sinister.
(1) Y'all remember Thundercats right? With Lion-o and them guys? No, just me? weeps I'm old!!!
(2) In the old 60s Batman show, Robin always used to have a Holy Something Batman line that was a pun of some sort. It's been a classic line since then.
(3) Banshee aka Sean Cassidy is a character in the X-Men. He has the mutant ability of sonic scream.
(4) If you don't know who the heck Gandalf is a pox on thee vile knave!!! … Okay, I'm sorry. He's a character from Lord of the Rings. You want more info, go read the books or watch the film!
(5) In the anime Big O, the mechas are called "megadeuce" and the pilots are called "domineuce". As you can tell, I have no idea how to actually spell those two words and I'm too bloody tired to look them up.
(6) Neo or The One is the main character of the Martix trilogy and is played by Keanu Reeves.
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