Rayne dashed back to his homeland, so upset by his exile that he went at mach speed. When he landed, he happened to be in front of lonely house near the forest. But Before he could process his situation, he collapsed on the ground.
He awoke inside of an unfamiliar room, with a little bit of food on a tray next to him. He sat up on the bed, and took in his surroundings. Suddenly, a woman came into the room, to check on Rayne. "Um, sir? Are you okay? I found you unconscious on my front yard, and I didn't know what to do, so me and my dad brought you in here."
Rayne rubbed his head, and looked over to the woman, seeing a larger man behind her. "I appreciate the hospitality ma'am, but what I'm wondering is how you managed to pick up hundreds of thousands of tons of weight with just the two of you."
The woman had a confused expression, and quickly explained. "Well, you and your weapons were pretty light to us, so I'm not sure what you mean." Rayne looked down at his weapons, then to his clothes, then to the woman. 'There's only two explanations. Either she's as powerful as I am, or these only weigh this much to me.' He shook his head and laughed. "Well, I guess you're one tough cookie, huh?" He began laughing, the other two joining him in laughter.
After a proper introduction, and meal, of course, Rayne joined the woman, now known to him as Chi Chi, in the dining room. "So, Rayne. What brought you to this side of the woods?" Rayne spaced out for a second, playing the events of his exile over and over again, but then he came to and gave a nervous laugh. "Ah, well, you know, just wilderness survival training, haha, heh, eh..." Rayne sighed and rubbed his face. "That's not true, Chi Chi. I was exiled from my family, they thought that I was too angry, and driven by impulse to be a part of it anymore, so they kicked me out. I'm all alone now..."
Rayne layed his head down on the table, and listened to Chi Chi talk, for her voice somewhat soothed him. "Well, I don't exactly know what it feels like to have your family hate you, but I can tell you, it gets lonely without Goku and Gohan here. I just wish that they would stop fighting so we can be a normal family already." Rayne looked up to her, and gave a smile. "Yeah, not having your family around gets very lonely, I can attest to that." He stood up and stretched. "Well, I noticed that there was a pond out back, so I'm going to go and do some meditation, I need it after these past few days."
A few hours pass, and Chi Chi calls out to Rayne. "Hey! If you're hungry I made some lunch!" Rayne opened one eye and looked over to her, before getting out of his meditative state and returning to the house. He sat down and stared at the meal, it looking very delicious to him. He smiled and nodded to Chi Chi, a show of gratitude. As he ate one question became increasingly more curious to him. How long had he been unconscious for? After he finished, he looked over to Chi Chi.
"Hey, I have a question for you. How long, exactly, have i been unconscious? It feels like only a few days, but the withered look on my clothes, and greater length in my hair says otherwise." Chi Chi sighed and looked at him. "Well Rayne, quite frankly you've been unconscious for at least a week, not counting the time before I found you."
Rayne was taken back by this information, but before he could fully process it, there was a knock on the door. Chi Chi was so excited that it might be Gohan that she swung the door open, and accidentally cracked Krillin in the head. After a few minutes of a brief explanation from Krillin, Everyone that was at Goku's house, including Krillin, Chi Chi, Yamcha, Trunks, Goku and Rayne himself, were taken to another place to lay low for a while, called Kame house. But before they could, Krillin called Bulma to tell her about what was happening. Halfway through their conversation, Bulma mentions a time machine that was damaged greatly, which intrigued Trunks.
"My time machine should be the only one that exists, mother couldn't have made more, she could only scrape together parts for one machine." After a bit more conversation, Trunks was sent a copy of the photo, and decided to go and find it. With Rayne and Gohan coming to help as well, it was set.
Yamcha had let them out of the plane, and the three of them flew to the location, with Trunks leading, Gohan in the middle, and Rayne taking up the rear. They arrived at the time machine, and saw how damaged it really was. The glass dome piece had been melted from the inside, the machine itself was covered in moss, and there was something that looked like an egg inside of it. Bulma soon arrived, and the three of them, minus Rayne, checked out everything, soon finding out that there was another being that had gotten here, only a year before Trunks had.
