In the GT Timeline, Cabba had brought Pan to her house, the two stopping right at the front door.
"Want to come inside?" Pan asked. "My mom and dad wouldn't mind."
"I appreciate the offer, but I have to get back to my planet and check in with the Sadala Army," Cabba said. "Give your parents my regards though, maybe I'll make more time when I next visit this timeline."
"I'll hold you to that," Pan said. "I hope we can see each other again soon."
"Of course, The Supreme Kai of Time is sure to have more missions for us," Cabba said.
"I meant outside the missions," Pan said, somewhat bashfully.
"Oh, uh sure, I'd like that," Cabba said, also feeling somewhat bashful. "I'll definitely make some time for you."
Pan loved the sound of that. "Great, I'll see you next time," She quickly made her way back into her house. She felt very flustered, understandably so. She did essentially ask Cabba out, a boy she had as of recently began to develop a crush on.
Ever since he trained her in how to become a Super Saiyan, she started to feel some form of attachment to him. It amplified after the Prison Planet where he fought valiantly to help save from Turles, the two working together to help defeat him and the other villains.
Pan admired Cabba, such a strong boy, very brave, but just as kind hearted, always willing to help out those in need of assistance. Of course she couldn't forget about Caulifla or Kale, and while Caulifla was a pain to deal with, she did like Kale quite a bit as well. But she does credit both girls with helping her figure out the Super Saiyan Transformation.
Now Pan's goal is more than just mastering Super Saiyan transformation, it's to make use of all the transformations, such as the Super Saiyan 2 form that her father mastered when he was around her age. To achieve the Super Saiyan 4 Transformation that her Grandfather had discovered. To become a Super Saiyan Blue, just like she saw in the other timelines.
Later on, Pan had gotten a phone call. "Huh? Who could that be?" She answered the phone, "Yeah, hello?"
"Hey Pan!" Came the voice of her friend Bulla.
"Oh Bulla, this is a surprise," Pan said.
"Surprise? Girl you're my best friend, why wouldn't I call you?" Bulla asked. "Especially the best friend that saved my life not too long ago."
"You would have done the same for me," Pan said.
"Can you really say that?" Bulla asked. "I mean, I wasn't really much of a warrior type, if you got captured then my brother would have gone to save you rather than me."
"Alright, well if you had the abilities to then you would have gone to save me, how's that?" Pan asked.
"Makes more sense," Bulla said. "Though honestly I think you could have saved yourself, I mean your mom and Cheelai were able to break themselves out, and they didn't have the power that you did."
"My mom always did like taking initiative, and that Cheelai girl is friends with a Saiyan, any girl who interacts with a Saiyan on a daily basis has to be tough," Pan said.
"They were both amazing, if I could I would totally hang out with them again," Bulla said.
"You want to hang out with my mom?" Pan jokingly asked.
"Hey your mom as a kid was pretty cool, so was your dad," Bulla said.
"I can totally agree abut my dad being cool, bit on the weird side though," Pan said. "Granted he didn't really change much from a kid to an adult, my mom though, she's been through number of changes it looks like."
"Well at least your parents have cooled off a bit over the years, I heard my dad hadn't changed much over the years, even that other version of him didn't seem too different," Bulla said.
Pan had a brief flashback to her mission earlier where she saw the evil Vegeta, while she hadn't seen him do much, to see first hand just how evil and menacing he looked made her dread what he could have been truly capable of. "I think he could be worse."
"I guess so, he really is nice, at least to me," Bulla said. "Makes sense, I am his little Princess."
"Well he is a Saiyan Prince, so I guess that would technically make you a Princess," Pan pointed out.
"Got that right," Bulla said. "I am Saiyan Royalty, so in a way, I have power over you since you're part Saiyan."
Pan chuckled a bit at her friend's playfulness, "Just so you know, I have a bit of a rebellious side."
"A bit?" Bulla teased, giggling right after. "I'm just teasing anyway. So how about you come over soon and tell me about your big adventure."
"You bet, it was fun and amazing," Pan said, then remembered a few terrible details. "Well not all amazing, but I still had quite an experience, plus it was a bit better with the friend I had."
"Friend? What friend?" Bulla asked.
"Do you remember, Cabba?" Pan asked, knowing full well her friend was gonna like this.
Meanwhile Cabba had returned to his own timeline, making his way through the backroads of Sadala. While on his route, he came across an old friend.
"Sup Cabba?" It was his friend and Tournament of Power partner Caulifla, the Saiyan female looking as smug as ever.
"Hey Caulifla, have you been waiting long?" Cabba asked.
"Oh no, I came when I sensed your energy," Caulifla said. "You left in such a hurry though, it's been on my mind or a while, so where'd you run off to? Was it Champa? Did he call for you?"
"No, it was another duty," Cabba said. "Do you remember The Supreme Kai of Time?"
"Supreme Kai of Time?" Caulifla asked, trying to remember. "Uh...doesn't fully ring a bell."
"Resembled a little girl, you saw her at The Prison Planet where we helped Pan rescue her friend Bulla," Cabba explained.
"Right, the Prison Planet, where I saw the best side of Gohan," Caulifla said, grinning somewhat perversely.
"Best side?" Cabba wondered, until he remembered once instance where Gohan lost his clothes after his Great Ape Transformation, "Caulifla!"
"Well point is I think I remember, some bratty girl showed up with Goku and the others and handed off some Potara Earrings," Caulifla said. "So she sent for you?"
"Yeah, she had a mission for me, and Pan was there to help," Cabba said.
"Saw Pan again did you? Has she gotten stronger?" Caulifla asked.
"Yeah, I think so, I can tell you about it if you'd like," Cabba offered.
"Hell yeah! Now spill it! I want details!" Caulifla said, dragging a confused Cabba off with her. "Yo Kale! Cabba's got some stories for us!"
A day later in Gohan's time, the boy was seen sparring with Android 17 near the base of the mountain where they lived. Gohan was once again pushing the limits of his Super Saiyan 3, Seventeen perfectly able to keep up, even to the point where he outlasted Gohan on stamina alone.
"You look tired, maybe you should take five," Seventeen suggested.
"Yeah, this form is wearing me out," Gohan said, powering out. "Really wanted to master it though."
"You'll get there, probably," Seventeen said. "I mean you've gotten stronger since the time we were on that strange planet, maybe that form just isn't worth the effort."
"I have to make it worth the effort, if I'm stronger then I can protect more people," Gohan said. "I want to be able to keep my friends and family safe from harm. Frieza is still out there, and I'm worried about that imposter that stole my dad's body."
"I still say he's dead," Seventeen said. "Plus that evil Zamasu got sealed away and is somewhere in the ocean, no way is he coming back."
"Frieza alone is enough to have me worried, he can get much stronger, I have to keep up," Gohan said.
"That Frieza guy really has you worked up, not sure why since Eighteen and I knocked him out pretty quickly," Seventeen reminded.
"Maybe it's my bad memories on Namek," Gohan said, checking his head, feeling a slight headache. "Ow..."
"What's up?" Seventeen asked.
"Just a headache, been happening every time I think of my early days," Gohan said. "Maybe it's nothing."
"Too much stress probably," Seventeen said. "Maybe you need a break."
"I take my breaks when I study, anyway I'll be fine with a little sparring," Gohan said. "Really could use Eighteen's help here, I get the best results when I go against the both of you since your teamwork really keeps me on my toes."
"That is our best quality, not sure where she is though, I saw her going somewhere with Videl," Seventeen said.
"Maybe they're training too, let's ask if the four of us could spar together," Gohan said.
"We don't even know where they went," Seventeen said.
"I have instant transmission remember," Gohan reminded. "I can lock onto Videl's energy, if Eighteen's with her, that'll take us both to where they are."
"Fine by me, but if it turns out they're shopping, I'm bailing," Seventeen said as he went to Gohan, placing his hand on the boy's shoulder while he scanned their location.
"They're somewhere in the forest, let's get to it," Gohan said, using his technique to teleport the two of them.
Meanwhile the two girls are bathing at a spring, Eighteen resting against the ground as she sat in the water, Videl right next to her.
"Nice to kick back and relax once in a while," Videl said.
"Always good to ease your mind, too much training and you'll break apart," Eighteen said.
"Tell me about it, still I feel myself getting stronger, I can't wait to surpass my limits like Goku would," Videl said, propping herself out of the water. "Maybe one day I can fire off a blast like he does." She imitatd the Kamehameha. "That'd be badass."
"One step at a time, first we gotta get you focused on your energy, that includes flying," Eighteen said. "Then you gotta work on control. Of course we'll need Goku's help for a lot of this, or Gohan's since a lot of what I can do was programmed into me."
"Oh yeah, I forget sometimes that you're part robot," Videl said, feeling a chill." Better get back into the water."
At that point, Gohan and Seventeen had arrived, both appearing close-by the two girls. Gohan was the first to greet them, "Hey girls, mind if we..." It didn't take long for Gohan to notice that the girls were naked, with Eighteen's well toned breasts very visible and Videl's naked body in full view to the two boys. "Uh...is this a bad time?"
Videl angrily gritted her teeth as she covered up, "Gohan, you pervert!"
"No, no, no, not a pervert, I didn't even know you were bathing!" Gohan insisted. "I would never want to see you naked!"
"Excuse me!?" Videl asked.
Gohan shook his head, "Not that you're not pretty, I mean you're very well defined, you just need to grow your breasts out like Eighteen does and you'll be-"
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" Videl shouted a she chased after Gohan, the boy immediately chased after Gohan.
"Videl wait! You're naked! You shouldn't be running around!" Gohan insisted.
Seventeen shook his head in annoyance, "Those kids." He turned his attention to his sister, who was fully out of the water, completely in the nude as she glared at him. "What is it?" She grabbed him by the shirt and tossed him into the water. The boy popped his head out after a few seconds, clearly annoyed. "You can be so bitchy sometimes sis." Suddenly some energy was being charged by his sister, and aimed right at him. "No, no, no, DON'T!"
Seventeen tried flying away just as the blast went right at him, causing an explosion that sent a geyser of water into the air. It was at this moment that both boys realized how badly they goofed up.
Days passed before Chronoa summoned both Cabba and Pan back to her world, the two meeting up with her at the Time Nest where she held out another scroll.
"This time you two are going to Planet Namek," Chronoa said. "Pan, do you have an idea of where you're going?"
"Do I have an idea?" Pan asked, trying to think. "Hm, Planet Namek is...wait, I think that's where Grandpa first fought that guy Frieza."
"Exactly," Chronoa said. "This may be tough, now you two are of course stronger than Frieza when he was on Namek, but if he gets a power boost, he could wipe out everyone on the planet, including your father Pan."
"If that happens she might just disappear from existence," Cabba said.
"So could Trunks, so be careful out there," Chronoa said, creating the necessary portal, sending the two back to planet Namek.
After a brief trip, the two landed at their destination, Planet Namek many years in the past. The two began looking around the planet, taking in the atmosphere of the place. While both Pan and Cabba have contact with Namekians, neither have really been to this world much. In spite of her planetary travels, Pan had no real need nor chance to travel to Namek, or rather New Namek since this one was doomed to destruction. Cabba had stopped by the one in his Universe maybe once or twice, but he hadn't been here much.
"Where are we suppose to be looking?" Pan asked.
"I'm not sure, let's try to feel out any notable Power Levels," Cabba suggested.
Pan nodded in agreement, "That's a good idea, alright let's-"
"You miserable pests!" They heard a voice shout. Quickly they flew over to where the sound was, and they noticed Vegeta facing off against Dende, Gohan and Krillin. "You just pissed away our only chance against Frieza!"
"Wow, Vegeta's angry," Pan pointed out.
"What could he be mad about?" Cabba wondered, taking note of a freaked out Gohan and Krillin. Curiously to him, they were wearing Saiyan Armor.
Pan took note of the stones around the area, there seemed to be Seven, completely round. "Huh, I wonder if it has to do with those rocks, maybe they were Dragon Balls? Even if they are a little big, but papa did tell me the ones on Namek were big."
"Still nothing compared to the Super Dragon Balls," Cabba pointed out.
"Oh my, isn't this a surprise?" they heard. From above where Vegeta and the others were, Frieza was seen standing above the group.
"Is that suppose to be Frieza?" Pan wondered.
"I think so, that form reminds me of my former ally Frost," Cabba said, remembering his Universe Six teammate, a memory once fond now filled with resentment.
"I can't tell you all how angry I am feeling right now," Frieza said, his calm demeanor slowly slipping until fury completely took it's place. "You little maggots! I'll make you rue the day you crossed me!"
Frieza sent out a massive power that shook the planet, sending chills to Vegeta, Gohan, Krillin and Dende. Even Pan and Cabba were surprised by the amount of energy he was giving off.
"We gotta do something fast before he wipes everyone out," Pan said.
"Don't have to tell me twice," Cabba said. "Let's go."
Frieza was still scouting his opponents, so far none of them looked ready to fight, all of them feeling intimidated, not that he should expect any less. These are mere ants standing before a dinosaur after all. However he noticed two new entries into this battle, namely Cabba and Pan.
"Ah, more guests have arrived," Frieza gestured to the two, both standing and ready to fight.
"Huh? Who are they?" Krillin asked.
"I don't know, but something about that girl seems very familiar," Gohan said, examining Pan.
"Doesn't matter who they are right now," Vegeta said, then called out to the two. "Hey! I hope you're able to fight! Make yourselves useful!"
"Hey is he ordering us around!?" Pan shouted, a little displeased.
"Well we have to fight Friza anyway, so it's not like it makes much of a difference," Cabba pointed out. "Come on, ready your power."
"Sure thing," Pan said, powering up a bit, both careful not to go Super Saiyan just yet.
"Oh my, you two seem rather strong," Frieza said, using his scouter to check their level. It did seem much higher than he expected, but he wasn't bothered by it, if anything he felt confident that he could handle it. "Well then, I hope you don't bore me too much."
"Let's go!" Both Cabba and Pan sped in for a combined punch but Frieza had caught both fists and slammed the two together and spin around to toss them away into a cliff.
"Such a poor start," Frieza aimed his finger, ready to send a couple of beams their direction. Fortunately the two were able to speed off the cliff, right back at Friea for a double kick to stumble him back and then a double uppercut to knock him into the air.
"Wow! What a shot!" Krillin cheered.
"They're strong!" Gohan commented, admiring the two. "Who are they anyway?"
Vegeta seemed rather curious by the two, especially Cabba, "That armor the boy is wearing looks so familiar."
Frieza stumbled his way back to the two, creaking his neck a bit, "Alright, so you two do have fight in you, not bad." Frieza began powering up a bit, shedding off his Saiyan Armor. "This will be a little quicker than expected, but perhaps I shall show you a bit more of my power."
"Are you going to transform?" Vegeta asked.
"He can transform?" Krillin asked. "Into what?"
"I don't know, I've never seen it, but I know he can, especially after one of his underlings told me himself earlier," Vegeta said.
Cabba knew of course that Frieza could transform, given that he and Frost are the same species. He felt prepared for what was to come.
"Seems like my crew can't keep a secret to save their lives, literally," Frieza said. "I shall show you more of my amazing power, and Vegeta, I will remind you why you fear me so."
"Me? Ha! How delusional," Vegeta commented. "You're nothing to me Frieza, just another obstacle for my goal to be on top of the Universe!"
Frieza had no comment, just a sinister grin as he began his elaborate transformation, his arms extending, his legs extending, his beck extending and his tail growing until he reached a form that way bigger and taller than his previous form, a size similar to that of his father King Cold.
"What in the world?" Cabba said, feeling a bit confused. He's never seen this transformation from Frost, though he does seem to recall Goku and Vegeta mentioning another form. Perhaps there's more to the species that Frieza and Frost are.
"Wow that is so freaky," Pan said, little weirded out.
"Last I checked, my power level was around the One Million mark, perhaps even higher now," Frieza boasted.
"No way!" Vegeta shouted. "No one's that strong! Not even you!"
Pan snickered a bit, if Vegeta was this freaked out now, she could only imagine how he would feel if he came across Baby. Though in her timeline, Vegeta coming across Baby did not end up well for him regardless.
"So, my two new mystery guests, what do you make of my power now?" Frieza taunted. "Hope you're not too discouraged.
"You wish," Pan said. "I'm not afraid of you!"
"An error I shall rectify," Frieza said, flying in and kneeing Pan in the face and then elbowing Cabba to the ground below.
"Do those two even have a chance?" Krillin wondered. "Where did they even come from?"
"I don't know, but we have to help them!" Gohan said. "We can't just stand here doing nothing, if all five of us team up, we should be able to bring down Frieza."
"Are you dense or something!? Can you not feel that power!?" Vegeta shouted. "If we try fighting him now, we're done for!"
"Uh, weren't you the one trying to goad him into transforming, I thought you had it under control," Krillin said.
Vegeta turned away in annoyance, "Don't give me that! I made a miscalculation! I've never seen this form of Frieza's, if I had known I wouldn't have encouraged the transformation obviously!"
"Well we still gotta do something!" Gohan said. "They might die if we don't!"
"Don't rush in fool-heartedly, otherwise the one dying will be you!" Vegeta warned. "While Frieza is distracted, we sneak in and attack from behind! Strong or not, even he should be weak when his guard is down!"
"Sounds good to me," Krillin said. "Let's go!"
Frieza continued his assault against Cabba and Pan, throwing various punches, elbows, knees and kicks to the two, ki blatsing them both against a rock formation.
"Why is he so strong!?" Pan asked, rubbing her sides.
"Must be the power boost," Cabba said, standing up. "We gotta keep wearing him out."
"I just wish that wasn't so difficult right now!" Pan said, rotating her arms back a bit. "Guess we gotta crank out more power."
Cabba nodded, "Just be careful not to-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, don't go overboard," Pan said, then flew back toward Frieza, Cabba following after her.
"Oh, back for more?" Frieza asked. "I will give you some credit, you are much more daring than I had anticipated. Now allow me to-" Suddenly three beams had hit Frieza's back, those being Gohan's Masenko, Krillin's Kamehameha and Vegeta's Galick Gun. Unfortunately it barely fazed Frieza. "How rude."
"Dammit! Try again!" Vegeta said, this time the three sending ki blasts at him, of course they did nothing against this form of Frieza. He was much too powerful.
"Fools," Freiza said. "You really think you have a chance of winning?"
"Hey! You three!" Cabba called. "Stand aside, let me and my partner stop him!"
"We got this under control!" Vegeta said. "Runt1 Bald Man! Keep attacking!" Vegeta ordered.
"Hey we're doing our best here!" Krillin said. "And my name is-"
In moments, Krillin was impaled by Frieza's horn, much to the shock and surprise, even Vegeta. Frieza shook Krillin off his head, sending him crashing into the water below. "That was much too easy, but I suppose it's to be expected by such vermin."
"No! Krillin!" Gohan shouted in dismay. "Frieza you heartless monster!" Gohan in a fury rushed in and punched Frieza in the jaw, knocking him back a bit, then rushed in for more punches to his stomach, agitating the space emporer.
"Little brat!" Freiza whacked Gohan aside, knocking him toward a mountain area. "That'll teach you! I should obliterate you for that defiance!"
"Back off!" Pan shouted, flying in and punching Frieza away, following up with a massive ki blast to the space tyrant. Before Frieza could repay the favor, Cabba flew in and kicked the Tyrant down to the water below and sent a massive beam into the water.
"Think that got him?" Pan asked.
"No way, be on your guard," Cabba warned.
Frieza flew out of the water, attempting to impale Pan but Cabba moved her out the way just before he could land, then went for a kick to his head, Pan following up with a knee to his stomach.
Frieza angrily elbowed both their heads and kneed both their stomachs. The two responded with a double uppercut, but that didn't stop Frieza for long as he blasted the two back again.
"Time to end this!" Frieza was about to attack again but he was suddenly ambushed by an oncoming ally to the heroes.
"Mr. Piccolo!" Gohan excitedly said, getting Piccolo's attention.
"Gohan, good to see you," Piccolo greeted, then turned back to Frieza. "So, this is the monster that's been terrorizing the planet?"
"Another Namekian? Didn't think there was one left," Frieza commented.
"Sorry to disappoint you," Piccolo taunted. "You're every bit the monstrous freak I've been told you are."
Pan had recovered from her attack from Frieza and took note of the new arrival, "Whoa, it's Piccolo!"
"Yeah it is," Cabba said. "His power is incredible, he must have gone through some incredible training."
"Think we should sit this aside?" Pan asked.
"I don't think so, Piccolo's strong but Frieza's still stronger," Cabba said. "We gotta continue."
Pan and Cabba flew in side by side with Piccolo, the Namekian noticing the two. "Never seen you two before."
"Call us friends," Cabba said. "We're not too fond of Frieza."
"Yeah, we're gonna help you take him down!" Pan said.
"Hm...I gotta say, I am curious as to were you both came from, you're clearly not locals," Piccolo said. "But if you're on my side then I really couldn't care less, let's just defeat this bastard!"
"You got it Piccolo!" Pan said.
"Huh? How do you know my name?" Piccolo asked.
Pan realized her predicament, figuring she spoke more than she need to, "Uh..."
"That boy mentioned you as Mr. Piccolo, so we figured it was safe to assume that's your name," Cabba said, covering up pretty well.
"Right, guess I'm just a little suspicious," Piccolo said.
"Excuse me," Frieza said, getting their attention. "But it's quite rude to keep someone waiting. I suggest you may continue your conversation in the afterlife!"
Frieza flew in along with the trio of heroes, all of them clashing together and working to take down the tyrant. Piccolo got in an elbow strike to Frieza's gut, allowing Pan the opportunity to kick Frieza in the face and Cabba the change to kick him in the head.
"Not bad, you two know your craft!" Piccolo appeared beside Frieza and kicked him down.
"Thanks, my master trained me well," Cabba said.
"I learned from my mother and father," Pan explained. "They're powerful warriors."
"Well you're doing your mentors proud so far, let's keep up our momentum," Piccolo said, rushing in to attack again with another kick.
Cabba and Pan rushed to both sides of Frieza and landed a punch on his abs and spun back kicked him. Pan and Cabba flew back and fired some ki blasts at Frieza, Piccolo joining in and blasting him to a mountain area.
"Wow, we might actually survive this!" Krillin said. "Goku might not even have a chance to fight Frieza."
Vegeta didn't look too pleased, seeing two more warriors to worry about wasn't ideal, it'd be hard to take over he had more potential rivals. "Who the hell are those two anyway? Why is that boy wearing gear the Saiyans of Planet Sadala used to wear?"
"I thought your planet was called 'Vegeta'?" Krillin asked. "You know, the planet you're named after?"
"I know the name of my own planet!" Vegeta shouted. "And for the record, I was named after my father, King Vegeta! The planet is named after my family!"
"Gee thanks for the trivia lesson," Krillin sarcastically remarked.
Vegeta growled a bit, "My point is we don't know anything about those two mystery allies! Can we really trust them?"
"They're risking their lives to fight Frieza, of course we can," Krillin said. "For all you know, that guy there is a Saiyan that survived your planet's destruction or something, I mean you didn't know Goku survived."
"I don't know, he looks kind young to be dad's age," Gohan said.
"Saiyans don't age like Earthlings, I wouldn't be surprised if he was around Kakarot's age, or mine," Vegeta said. "But that doesn't explain his gear."
"Maybe he found an old suit, or he made one, probably so he isn't mistaken for a member of Frieza's army" Krillin said. "Look, he seems to be on our side, let's just accept it."
"I still find this highly suspicious," Vegeta said. "I'm keeping an eye on him."
"Suit yourself," Krillin said, then noticed Gohan staring intently at the fight, the boy trying to figure something out. "Hey Gohan, awed by Piccolo's power?"
"Not exactly, it's that girl, there's something about her," Gohan said.
"Oh..." Krillin chuckled a bit. "Is it possible you think she's cute?"
"Huh?" Gohan blushed a little. "Cute? Well, she is but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Nothing, just that you're really growing up fast, I mean first you're engaging in epic battles, now you're noticing girls," Krillin said. "Maybe once this is over you can ask her out."
"Krillin, I'm only five," Gohan reminded.
"You're never too young for love Gohan," Krillin said. "Take it from an expert."
Vegeta shook his head in shame, "What a moron."
Frieza had felt incredibly frustrated, between the two previous intruding brats, now this surviving Namekian, things really weren't going his way. "These fools, they dare to make me put effort into our battle!? I am Lord Frieza! I should be conquering them!"
"Giving up?" Pan asked, floating over. "If you leave now, we won't tell anyone how badly you got your butt kicked."
"Impudent wench! How dare you refer to me in such a manner!" Frieza shouted. "If you feel that confident, then witness the next level of my power!"
Frieza began to power up, his form starting to change once again. His shoulder armor gew, his head became longer, his upper body changed and many more horns grew.
"What the hell is it now!?" Krillin asked in annoyance.
"His second transformation," Vegeta said. "According to one of his lackeys he should still have one left."
"Bet it's just as creepy as this one, if not creepier," Krillin said.
"I'd rather not find out, I can take him but I'm gonna need some assistance," Vegeta said. "Baldy, I need your help with something."
"Huh?" Krillin asked, facing Vegeta.
Meanwhile Frieza stood before his opponents in his third form, one that seemed to gross Pan out a bit, the young girl not taking kindly to the sight.
"Just what is that suppose to be?" Pan looked ready to blast Frieza to bits.
"Reminds me of Frost's Assault Form," Cabba pointed out, remembering what he was told back at the Universe 6 vs Universe 7 Tournament.
Third form Frieza rushed in to attack, getting in several blows to Piccolo. Pan tried to help but Frieza had kicked her in the gut and elbowed her.
"I got you Pan!" As Cabba flew in, Frieza whacked him away with his tail, sending him crashing through some rock formations.
"Cabba!" Pan took a blow to the back, being sent toward where Cabba went.
"Fools," Frieza aimed his fingers, ready to blast them from the distance, when Gohan flew in to kick Frieza, getting his attention away from the two.
From where he landed, Cabba struggled to stand up, rubbing his back in pain. "I got careless, I gotta go check on Pan."
"I'm over here actually," Pan said, pulling herself off the ground. "Freiza's no joke, I can see why grandpa calls it his greatest fight."
"He's pretty bad from what I've seen," Cabba said. "He really doesn't seem to like Saiyans."
"He's afraid of their power, that's why," Pan said, standing up. "To think you still had to deal with him, he never came back in my timeline, the closest was when the villains escaped from hell."
"That must have been an adventure, fighting all your family's old enemies at once," Cabba said.
"They actually weren't that tough," Pan said. "Most of them got beaten easily, even Grandpa said he smacked around Frieza and Cell like they were a couple of amateurs."
"Well this Frieza isn't exactly an amateur to us," Cabba said.
"He can be, we just need to unleash a bit more power," Pan said, then saw an explosion in the distance. "Let's hurry before he blows up the planet."
"Right, that would result in an instant failure for us," Cabba said.
Suddenly Gohan was knocked overhead, to which Pan immediately noticed. "Oh no!" She flew overhead and caught Gohan in her arms before he landed hard on the ground. "Got ya!"
Gohan looked to see that he was caught by Pan, "Oh, thank you Miss."
"You don't have to call me 'Miss'," Pan said, hovering to the ground with Gohan. "I'm barely older than you after all."
"Right, though I don't know your name," Gohan said.
"My name's Pan," the girl replied as she let Gohan step to the ground.
"PAN!" Chronoa shouted in the girl's head, much to her annoyance.
"He won't remember," Pan whispered to the Kai. "And don't scream in my head!"
"Did you say something?" Gohan asked.
Pan focused back on Gohan, "Nothing, don't worry about it."
"Well, my name's Gohan, it's really nice to meet you," the boy said. "I wish it were under better circumstances."
"Speaking of the circumstances, we really should go back!" Cabba said, rushing back into the fight.
"He's right, if we don't stop Frieza, the Universe will be in danger," Pan said.
"Yeah, but quick question," Gohan said. "Who are you?
"Just someone who wants to serve up justice," Pan said. "I'll always be around to land a hand when needed."
"Well, I appreciate that," Gohan said. "Still, Frieza's pretty tough, how do we get past him?"
"Just keep fighting," Pan said, flying toward Frieza, Gohan following.
Meanwhile Frieza was engaged in a battle against Cabba, the young Saiyan picking up the slack after Piccolo took a heavy blow. Cabba used a bit more power, trying not to go Super Saiyan, but this was still proving to be an arduous task, Frieza showing more strength than he expected.
"At this rate I'm not gonna have a choice," Cabba said, floating away a bit, trying to catch his breath.
"You look rather troubled, realizing your potential failure?" Frieza taunted, then whacked Cabba to the ground below with a massive punch. He aimed to blast Cabba but took a blast to the back from a now recovered Piccolo.
"Miss me!?" the strong warrior asked.
"You just don't seem to wanna die!" Frieza quickly engaged with him, leaving Cabba to struggle back to his feet.
"Need help?" Dende asked, making his way over.
"I'm fine, just a little out of breath," Cabba said.
"I can fix that," Dende said, holding his hands out and healing Cabba, rejuvenating his health.
The young Saiyan male checked his hands, his cuts disappearing, along with his bruises. "Wow, thanks, I really appreciate that."
"Hey are you healing?" Pan asked, flying over with Gohan. "Mind refreshing me a bit?"
"I'd be happy to," Dende said, using his abilities to help her. "I don't know who either of you are, but I'm glad you're not our enemies and can be trusted, unlike Vegeta."
"Where is he actually?" Cabba asked. "I don't see him."
"He got injured somehow, he expected me to heal him but...I refused," Dende said.
"Injured?" Cabba asked. "But if he's hurt, why won't you help him? He's our ally too, he's helping us fight Frieza."
"He's just as bad as Frieza though," Dende said. "He hurt so many of my people, I can't help someone like that!"
Overhead Piccolo got knocked back down near the group, Gohan quickly rushing to check on him. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, nothing I can't handle," Piccolo said, standing back up.
"This is quite boring!" Frieza taunted. "I could end all of you right now, but it would be rather dull to do it in this form. So before you all die, I'll show you a nightmare beyond the horrors of hell!"
"That can't be good," Cabba said, then turned to Dende. "Look, even if Vegeta did all that bad stuff...we're still going to need his help."
"But..." Dende wouldn't accept such a fact, he refused to believe in someone as bad as Vegeta. "You're plenty strong, can't you-"
"Dende," Piccolo interrupted. "This boy's right, Vegeta may be a monster but he's a monster that can help us against a much more dangerous creature. When the time comes, I can handle Vegeta myself, but right now we need his help."
"It'll work out," Pan insisted. "I know this is weird to ask much for someone you just met, but please trust me."
Dende still didn't want to, but the arguments were too compelling, Vegeta was arguably the lesser of the two evils, and if they could make use of him, then he had no choice.
"I'll be right back," Dende said, going to find Vegeta.
Cabba looked toward Frieza, who had landed across from them and began transforming, feeling very much concerned about his rising power level. This also served to remind him of Frost, if memory served him right, Frieza would be taking on his definitive form, one that he's more familiar with.
"I hope Vegeta can help, almost seems like a lost cause," Pan admitted, worried about Frieza's power.
"We'll be fine, if we work together we can survive," Cabba said.
"You really think so?" Gohan asked. "Can we really beat someone as strong as Frieza?"
Cabba nodded, "I know we can, I have faith in us."
Gohan still looked worried, "But...I'm really not-"
Pan placed her hand on Gohan's shoulder, smiling at the boy to ease his worries, "We'll be right there with you."
For some reason Gohan felt a little better, the kindness he felt from this girl really put him at ease. "Thanks Pan."
The power Frieza put off was intense, felt all over the planet, at least what was left of it. Even Goku could feel it from the healing chamber he was in, greatly worried for what Frieza was capable of.
"Frieza's power is skyrocketing, I hope everyone's alright," Goku continued hoping this healing process wouldn't take too much longer. "I gotta have faith, they just have to hold on a bit longer. Gohan, Krillin, Dende, Piccolo...plus those two new powers I feel. I'm not sure who they are but, at least they seem to be on our side. They just have to hold out a little longer!"
Frieza had continued his transformation, eventually reaching his final form, just in time for Vegeta to return, baring witness to his old boss's new appearance. "So, that's your true form."
Krillin scratched his head, "Uh, doens't look like much, is he even still just as strong?"
"Of course he is!" Vegeta shouted. "Don't let his appearance fool you!"
Cabba knew better than any of them just how bad Frieza was even in this appearance, of course this would still pale in comparison to his Golden form. Cabba did have to wonder when Frieza achieved that form, he had to be prepared for anything.
This form was a bit strange to Pan, somehow she expected the form she saw Cooler take on while on Prison Planet, but this form still exuded a lot of power.
Without warning, Frieza sent a blast at Dende, the explosion killing the boy on impact, much to the surprise of Gohan and his friends.
"Was that..." Cabba wondered.
"That was part of the timeline, try to make sure that Gohan, Krillin and Piccolo don't meet that same fate," Chronoa said.
"Right, gotta keep them...wait, what about..." As Cabba wondered, Pan jumped in to save him from a blast, knocking them both to the ground. "Whoa!"
"Stay focused Cabba," Pan urged.
"Right, sorry," Cabba said, standing up with Pan.
"My, what an incredible reaction time little girl," Frieza said.
Krillin was shaking in his boots, Frieza's speed and strength was incredible, the poor monk truly feared for himself and his friends. "What a monster."
"I did warn you that I'd show you a nightmare beyond the horrors of hell didn't I?" Frieza taunted. "Too bad one of you had to die before I can really show my capabilities."
"You despicable creature! That was just a child!" Cabba shouted.
"Makes no difference to me," Frieza said. "I don't give special treatment solely because of age, old or young, everyone falls by my hand."
"That's it!" Pan rushed in alongside Cabba to attack, both going for a punch that Frieza blocked, one with each hand.
"Fools," Frieza them slammed them both down hard and then tossed them against a cliff.
"No!" Gohan flew in to attack but Frieza had effortlessly dodged. Krillin and Piccolo also went to help, each of them trying to land a blow but Frieza avoided their attacks with very minimal effort.
Pan pried herself off the cliffside, in time to see just how terrifying Frieza's speed was. In a quick instant he had whacked each fighter hard, knocking them to the floor, barely moving.
"How unamusing," Frieza said.
"Hey you jerk!" Pan powered up as far as she could and punched Frieza away, knocking him back a little. "Stop hurting my friends!"
"Aw, concerned about them? How touching," Frieza said. "Don't worry, you're going to die with them."
"I don't think so!" Pan flew in and engage with Frieza again, attempting to overpower him.
Cabba was about to fly in and help Pan when he heard Vegeta call him, "Hey you! With the old Saiyan Armor!" Cabba turned his attention to the older Saiyan. "Tell me, where the hell did you come from!?"
"Can we talk about this later? My friend's fighting against Frieza," Cabba said.
"Call her back then, I'll take Frieza on myself, then I want answers," Vegeta said.
"Huh?" Cabba couldn't believe what he was hearing, Vegeta wasn't strong enough to take Frieza on, unless he was hiding a lot of power but Cabba couldn't really feel anything more than what he saw. "How can you hope to beat Frieza?"
"With the power of Super Saiyan!" Vegeta said. "I have achieved that Legendary Form!"
"You have?" Cabba asked. "Uh, are you by chance the first or..."
"Have you heard of it?" Vegeta asked. "If you know of it then you should know the last Super Saiyan existed hundreds of years ago, and I'm the first since then to achieve it."
That wasn't what Cabba was told, "Uh..."
"He can't transform, but its fine, it is part of the timeline," Chronoa explained. "Goku achieves this form first, later in this fight. Try to make sure Vegeta doesn't die too quickly out there."
"Too quickly?" Cabba wondered.
"Hey! Call your friend back!" Vegeta said.
"Or couldn't we work together?" Cabba said. "Finish Frieza off much-"
Pan went flying toward Cabba, the boy quick to catch her, Vegeta took this time to fly after Frieza and began clashing with his former boss.
"Pan! Are you alright!?" Cabba asked, helping his friend to her feet.
"I'm fine, I think," Pan said. "Man he's strong, how much longer do we have to do this?"
"Until his power is completely lowered enough for the fight to play out like normal," Cabba said.
"How long is that gonna take?" Pan wondered. "We can't keep this up in our base form, we gotta transform. I don't think it'll mess up the timeline that badly."
"I don't want to take that chance," Cabba said, powering up. "With our combined strength, we can win even in base form. Plus we still have Vegeta to help us so-"
"Uh, Cabba?" Pan said, gesturing to Frieza using his tail to hold Vegeta by his neck as he delivered strong and precise punches to his back.
"No! Master!" Cabba charged in after Frieza, kicking him in the side of the head, turning the space tyrant's attention to the boy.
"My, you certainly are eager to die," Frieza said, then grabbed Cabba by his neck, sinking his nails into his skin. "But I must admit, your sit has really been on my mind as of recent, the more we fight the more my memory seems to have been jogged."
"Cabba!" Pan flew in to attack but Frieza had tossed Cabba aside as he punched Pan with his other hand, getting her right in the gut as she fell over, landing on her knees.
"Cabba huh? That sounds like a Saiyan name," Frieza said, then turned to Vegeta, the Saiyan still being suspended from his tail. "Tell me Vegeta, is there something you're hiding from me?" Vegeta struggled to pull the tail away so he can talk, or rather just to get away from Frieza. "Right, I suppose you can't speak if can't breath well." Frieza released Vegeta, the Saiyan trying his best to catch his breath. "Now tell me what you know."
"The only thing you're getting from me is my fist!" Cabba shouted, flying in for a punch but Frieza quickly blocked.
"You're quite cocky, I kind of like that," Frieza said, blocking Cabba's attempt for a kick. Frieza then punched Cabba to the ground. "Too bad I have to exterminate you, but tell me, are you a Saiyan?"
Cabba glared up at Frieza, "What brought you to that conclusion?"
"Aside from your name which your female friends shouted, your armor resembles an outdated uniform that the Saiyans used before my father came to power over them," Frieza said. "Prior to taking over my father's empire I learned all I could about the circus of monkeys that would be under my care, at least before I permanently took care of the problem. Though it seems like I was a bit off in my calculations, more Saiyans seem to have survive than I thought. Odd, you look so young, though you Saiyans do seem to bear the gift of youth for most of your primitive lives, nothing compared to me and my family of course."
"You really like talking yourself up," Cabba said.
"Perhaps," Frieza said, then stomped on his back, bringing him back down. "Now tell me, are you a Saiyan?"
"Does it matter? You're going to kill me anyway," Cabba said.
"That is a very fair point," Frieza said. "Fine, if you insist on your own demise, then I shall accommodate-"
Pan flew in and kneed Frieza from behind, knocking him off Cabba. "That's enough out of you, bully!" Pan went for a kick but Frieza quickly grabbed her foot with his tail and started slamming her on the ground.
Cabba jumped in for a punch, which Frieza blocked but was left open for a ki blast that stunned him and caused him to release Pan from his grasp. She then circled around and kicked Frieza in the head, Cabba jumping to the other side for an uppercut and the two finished with a spinning back kick.
Both of them flew in and clashed with Frieza, the villain quickly trying to fend off their strikes as the two did not let up against him.
Gohan slowly began to stir, and saw Cabba and Pan doing their best to fend off Frieza, doing pretty good so far, but he didn't know how long it would last. "I gotta help them!" Acting quick he flew in to attack, but Frieza quickly whacked him away with little effort.
"Papa!" Pan shouted, getting Frieza's attention.
"Papa?" Frieza said. "Don't tell me that runt is your father, unless that's actually his name, I don't know Earth culture much."
"Never mind that!" Pan shouted, nailing Frieza across the jaw, the villain retaliating with a kick toward Gohan's direction.
"Pan!" Cabba shouted in worry, then blocked an incoming strike.
"You pitiful creatures, allowing yourselves to feel concern for others, it's simply an inconvenience," Frieza taunted.
"Says the heartless monster," Cabba venomously stated.
Pan struggled to stand after the blow she took from Frieza, but Gohan was nearby to help her up. "Are you alright Pan?"
"I'm fine," Pan said, dusting herself off. "What a pain in the butt that Frieza guy is."
"He is strong, but once my dad finishes healing then we'll be able to stop him for good," Gohan said. "He's really strong by the way, so I think we'll be fine."
"You're really confident in your dad, that's really nice," Pan said, then realized something. "Hold on, your dad needs to heal?"
"Yeah, he got hurt before, so Vegeta put him in a healing pod," Gohan said. "He said it wouldn't take too long."
"...Couldn't you have gotten your friend to heal him like he healed us?" Pan asked.
That sparked a realization in Gohan, the boy's eyes widening in surprise, "Uh...yeah you're right! When we saw that he could heal we should have taken him to dad! He would have been out by now!" Gohan felt a twinge of guilt, "Then he might be alive right now."
Pan started to regret bringing it up, reminding Gohan of the pain of Dende's death. "Well, what's done is done, let's just make the best of it."
Frieza continued fighting Cabba and knocked him away. He aimed his finger beam at the boy, ready to finish him off but then took a blast to the back from Vegeta.
"Did you forget about me!? You arrogant bastard!" Vegeta shouted. "You forget Frieza, I am Vegeta! The Prince of All Saiyans! And beyond all that Frieza..." Vegeta flew in, ready to attack again, this time with extra ferocity. "I am the Legendary Super-"
Frieza sent a Death Beam through Vegeta's chest, the Prince coughing up blood and falling over. "Hope that finally shut you up, you fallen Prince."
Cabba's eyes widend at the sight, his mentor falling over, critically injured. "Master..." Cabba began to angrily power up, "MASTER!"
Frieza turned to Cabba and for a brief moment he could have sword that his hair had turned a different color, but he didn't have time to digest as Cabba flew in with a strong punch to Frieza's jaw, knocking the evil Tyrant for a loop.
Cabba then punched Frieza at incredible speeds, the Tyrant barely registering the pain before the young Saiyan had finished with a kick to the chest. Before Frieza could react, Pan had also flown in, a burst of yellow aura herself as she landed some viscous blows on the tyrant.
Moving faster than even Gohan could detect, Cabba and Pan sent down a combination of a Galick Cannon and a Kamehameha, sending a massive explosion to the ground. Afterwards the two landed back down, both in their base form as they wiped some sweat off their heads.
"Think that got him?" Pan asked.
"I hope so," Cabba said.
"So much for not transforming," Pan teased. "At least you came to your senses."
"Yeah well..." Cabba sheepishly rubbed his head, "That still may have been a risky move. I just hope there aren't too many consequences."
Pan looked over to Vegeta, feeling a bit sorry for the Prince, "We should probably help him."
"I got him," Piccolo said, making his way over.
"Oh, that's nice of you to do for your friend," Cabba said.
"Don't get me wrong, he's not my friend," Piccolo coldly said as he dragged away Vegeta. "But if I left him out there, well that would make me just as bad I guess."
"Uh, right," Cabba said. His guess was that Vegeta hadn't fully become their ally by this point. "Oh by the way, did you hear much of our conversation?"
"I won't ask, I honestly don't care as long as you did what you needed to do," Piccolo said as he walked off.
"He probably heard us," Pan said. "I hear that Namekian ears are really sensitive."
"They are," Chronoa said in both their heads. "So keep that in mind when you two are discussing secrets, luckily Piccolo is respectful of secrets, worked for Trunks after all."
"Right, will do," Cabba said.
"Wow! That was so amazing!" Gohan said, running over rather excitedly. "I can't believe how strong you both are! And that speed, it's like you weren't even there! I haven't been that lost since the first time I saw my friends on Earth fighting the Saibamen."
"What's a Saibaman?" Cabba asked.
"I think I've heard of them, from Yam...uh someone my dad knows," Pan said.
"Huh? Didn't think anyone else knew about them, you know more than I thought," Gohan said.
"Yeah well, I've seen my share of aliens," Pan said. "It's a long story."
"Wow, you get cooler by the second," Gohan said, looking up at Pan with admiration. "I hope I'm as great as you one day."
"I think you'll get there," Pan said, rubbing Gohan's head. "Just keep trying hard."
Gohan blushed a bit, "Thanks..." Gohan turned his attention to Cabba. "You're cool too, uh, are you her boyfriend or something?"
"Huh!?" Cabba asked. "No way!"
"You don't have to answer like that!" Pan shouted. "Or am I not good enough to be your girlfriend!?"
"I never said that!" Cabba desperately insisted.
Gohan laughed a little bit, "You're funny. I don't think I'm ready to have a girlfriend, but if I was, Pan would definitely be a top contender."
Pan felt a bit weird hearing that, but she reminded herself that this is just another version of Gohan, so it shouldn't be too bad. "That's nice of you to say Gohan."
As the trio talked, Frieza pulled himself out of the crater he was in. While not too hurt, he still felt somewhat drained, but contained more than enough power to rid himself of those who opposed him.
"Say goodnight," Frieza aimed his death beam, starting with Cabba. As he fired his beam, it was suddenly deflected. Not by the trio he was aiming at, rather a new warrior who had joined the fray.
"Dad!?" Gohan said in excitement. "Is it really you!?"
"Yeah, it's me," Goku said. "Glad you're still in one piece."
"Goku! You made it!" Krillin said, the monk standing near Piccolo and a very wounded Vegeta. "Just in time too."
"What now?" Frieza said, a little bothered by these constant interruptions. "Another fool to fall victim to my power?"
Goku gestured to Frieza, "That the guy? Frieza was it?"
"Yeah, that's him," Krillin said. "That monster wiped the floor with us, even with the help of these two new allies of ours."
"New allies?" Goku looked down to Cabba and Pan. "You must be the two new powers I felt. I felt a strong surge a moment ago."
"Yeah, that was all we had pretty much, kind of used up a lot of power," Cabba said, hoping Goku would buy it. "We really could use your assistance."
"Who are you anyway? I can tell you're not natives, do you know the natives?" Goku asked.
"It's, a really long story," Cabba said. "Just call us patrollers, our job is to go around and help others in need."
"That's nice of you," Goku said, then turned back to Frieza. "But if you don't mind, I'd like to try fighting Frieza alone."
"Alone!? Goku, I know you're strong but Frieza's a monster!" Krillin said. "If you team up with these two, then we might have a chance!"
Cabba took a moment to sense Frieza's power, no longer sensing anything ominous, his power seemingly reverting to normal. "I think he can take Frieza."
"Huh?" Krillin asked in confusion.
"My friend and I did all we could, if Goku says he can do it, then I think we can trust him," Cabba said.
"Thanks, I appreciate the confidence," Goku said.
"Kakarot..." Vegeta said, barely able to talk.
"Vegeta?" Goku turned to the Saiyan Prince, taking note of his injury. "That's a pretty bad wound, maybe you should take it easy."
"No, I have to tell you something," Vegeta said.
"Is he still talking? Even death won't seem to shut him up, it's like I'm doomed to hear his irritable voice for the rest of eternity," Frieza said.
"Kakarot listen, there's something you need to know about our race," Vegeta said. "It's about the Saiyans, and what happened to our home world. It was destroyed, by Frieza!"
"Frieza?" Goku turned to the tyrant, who simply shrugged it off.
"My finger may have slipped," Frieza taunted.
"After we Saiyans served him so Loyally, Frieza disposed of us like common trash, killed everyone, your parents, my father the king..." a teary eyed Vegeta continued. "Please, you must defeat Frieza, for the sake of our race. He must fall by a Saiyan's hand! Please..."
Goku looked on in amazement as his rival's life slowly faded away, the Prince lying there, no more. Everyone pitied Vegeta, even Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan.
Pan also felt strange, knowing that's her friend's father, but Cabba seemed to take this pretty hard. It's no secret how much he admires Vegeta, seeing him die out here, it just tugged at him. He had the idea that this was the proper timeline, given Chronoa's earlier words.
"Goku," Cabba turned to the other Saiyan, "Give Frieza hell, not just for the Saiyans, but for all those he's hurt."
Goku nodded, "Right, Frieza must be stopped." He turned back to the villain, "You hear that Frieza!? I'm going to defeat you!"
Frieza smugly grinned, "You can try."
Cabba started walking off, with Pan following right behind him. Turning back he had one final thing to say, "You got this Goku."
"You can do it!" Pan said.
It wasn't long before the two were pulled back to the Time Nest, Chronoa holding the scroll in hand.
"Great job you two, now the mysterious anomaly has been fixed," The Kai said. "I'll straighten this timeline out and chalk this up as another job well done."
"Thank you ma'am," Cabba said, bowing to her.
"And Cabba remember, The Dragon Balls contain incredible power, but you knew that," Chronoa said. "And you know that Vegeta will be fine."
"Yeah, I know," Cabba said. "It was just a shock to see."
"Why don't you go take a break then," Chronoa insisted. "I don't think I'll be needing you for a while, if anything else comes up I can get someone else to handle it for the time being."
"Come on, let's hit the town," Pan said, dragging Cabba off.
"Hey ease up," Cabba said.
Chronoa looked over the scrolls, still scowling a bit. "I know you're out there Towa, you and Mira. Sooner or later you're going to run into Cabba and Pan, and when that day comes, it'll all be over! First you, then your entire Realm, I will no longer allow any harm to come to the timeline."
Chronoa put the scolls away and went to focus on making adjustments to the timeline that Pan and Cabba just fixed.