Note: Thismarks the beginning of the second saga of DBAF.

Chapter 19

Last time on DragonBall AF, after finally defeating the Red Ribbon army and collecting all of the Dragon Balls, Shenlong was finally summoned once again. Goku and Vegeta Jr. both wished for the safe returns of their parents. But unbeknownst to them Goku's twin brother, Goshin, had survived. But now forgiven by the two young Saiyans, things may finally start getting back to normal. But where were the boys' parents all this time?...

Bra and Pan were in the kitchen preparing some drinks for their long-lost children while everyone else waited in the dining room.

"Bra, don't you think it a bit odd that are children were so, well, somewhat nonchalant?" asked Pan. "It's like, they knew they were coming or something."

"I don't know for sure," replied Bra. "But you'd have to imagine something happened to them for these past 8 years. They may have been held against their will or something. They may have been broken. Luckily, I know a bit on psychoanalysis. We'll get to the bottom of this. I truly hope there's nothing wrong with them, it's been so long, and now they could be..."

"We'll see I suppose, but let's make the best of it. Maybe nothing is really wrong at all, we'll see. Come on, help me bring these platters in." Bra and Pan both walked into the room. Everyone was seated around the table, talking with each other, trying to remember the good old times. Goshin though didn't seem to fit in very well. He sat in a corner of the room away from everyone. Zonza and Gonell tried to get him to join in, but he chose not to.

Vegeta was looking in his direction. "I don't know if we should trust him, Goku," he said "Of course we can, he's my brother," he replied. "I think he's just nervous, being around everyone. He's just nervous meeting everybody here for the first time in years. It's gonna take him a while to be the person he was before.."

"Goku, I don't think that person ever existed," Vegeta said solemnly.

"Oh, it's just been so long since we've seen him all of you," interrupted Gonell, "and especially you Goku. SNIFF Oh I've missed you both so much!"

"Wait," said Goku. "What do you mean?" Everyone now looked toward Gonell.

"You'll have to excuse her," said Celery. "We probably should've started from the beginning."

"Yes, we really want to know what happened," said Bra.

"I know, I want to tell you everything that happened," responded Gonell. "Guys, if I miss anything, fill in the holes. SIGH All right, this is what happened. As you know mom, that nighteight years back, me Zonza, Celery and Rupan all went for a night out together. We took Goshin with us so as not to leave you with such a hassle watching two babies. Well, as we were driving home, a bright light overcame us. Next thing we knew, we were all strapped down on these strange beds, but I realized that Goshin was not there with me! I began to cry and I got angry. Everyone else was still knocked out or something. I didn't know where I was, I couldn't sense anything! That's when I got real angry and turned Super Saiyan! I easily broke my bonds, but then I noticed something was attached to my neck. I touched it, and an electrical impulse shocked me and I began to scream even more!

"Soon everyone else had also woken up. Celery broke free of her bonds as well. She freed the other two, but I was still on the ground, I had gone into shock. Zonza, you go on, it gets a little hazy for me here."

"Sure," answered Zonza. "Well, like Gonell said, we had all broken free and we started looking for an exit. We couldn't find one, but I was more worried about Gonell. I remember Celery using a few ki blasts on the walls, but it was to no avail.. Everything around us was pure white, we saw nothing but blank whiteness and the tables we were originally strapped on.

"A few moments later, an opening in the blankness emerged. We saw three figures. They were about our height and looked very strange, I'd never seen this race of aliens before. They had brown skin, if you can even call it skin. They're faces were hideous. They had two eyes inside two deep sockets. They had no irises, just redness. They had no nose and they're mouth was tightly shut and it didn't seem very big. They had two legs, two arms, just like us, but they had three fingers on each limb.

"Anyways, they began to speak. Well, it wasn't quite talking, more like telepathy. Somehow, Gonell's convulsions had finally stopped. I saw that one of the aliens had something in his hand, a control device. I realized it must control what was around our necks. I was just about to reach for it when the alien said,

Don't move.

"All we could do was stare. His mouth hadn't moved, it was shocking. Then he raised the control device and pushed the button. I immediately went into convulsions. We realized that this was used to keep us in check. After a minute or so the convulsions stopped. The aliens then began to speak to us again.

We are of the race called Algarons. We have taken you because we need your power. We have learned that Saiyan-human hybrids have the utmost strength of almost any living being. We need your power and skill to end centuries of war between us and our enemies, the Siriak. Now that we have you four, we will manipulate your bodies into fighting machines that we will control. Do not resist us, or you will be made to feel the most agonizing of pain, and do not attempt to remove the bands around your neck. We will show you precisely what will happen if you choose do so. '§§ŒØØ¥£ þœæ§!'

"The alien then talked in some foreign tongue we couldn't understand. A few seconds later two more of the aliens brought in another type of alien. He was badly battered and had the same device around his neck. I assumed he was one of the Siriak and he was a prisoner of war. Anyways, one of the guards put on some kind of glove and began tampering with the device around the Siriak's neck. The glove must've blocked the electric shock. It turns out he was taking it off, but the Siriak was struggling with fear in his eyes. Shortly, the band was removed and as soon as that happened it exploded. The Siriak's head was blown into smithereens while the alien had put up some kind of barrier less than a second after he took the collar off.

"We realized what this meant. Even if we could get through the pain, there was no way we'd survive taking that collar off. After the demonstration, barriers popped out in front of the aliens. Then, bright blue gas started coming from the ceiling. We all started to cough and were soon incapacitated. Next thing I knew we were in another part of the ship. We were all on what seemed to be operating tables. The aliens had already started on Rupan and Celery, what they did to them I can't bear to say, it was disgusting! Then, the aliens noticed I was awake and put something over my nose which again knocked me out.

"This went on for weeks, slipping in and out of consciousness, not knowing what was real, what was our imagination. After those first few weeks, the tests decreased and now all we did most of our time was sit in our cell and contemplate how to get out. The aliens soon realized that Rupan and I were not Saiyan and we were never tested on again, but every so often they would take Celery and Gonell out to do more tests."

"So all you did in between the time these tests were going on was sitting in your cell?" questioned Master Roshi.

"In the beginning yes," answered Rupan, "they were trying to break us or something. But, heh, since we're strong-willed and all they kinda gave up on breaking us. They kept saying that soon they'd have technology to completely take us over, but that day never came. Go ahead and tell him the rest Zonza."

"Well, like Rupan said, the tests decreased, we were given more freedoms and by the timefive years had passed, the aliens that abducted us got into two or three skirmishes with Siriak, but it never amounted to more than a stalemate. Then, we actually found out our captors weren't half-bad. Sometimes, we thought they were looking out for us even. But that feeling went away for a while when during one of the tests Gonell came back crying.

'Zonza, they took something from me, they just ripped it right out of me!'

'What, what was it?' I asked her.

'They took one of my eggs,' she said. 'They told me they were going to combine it with their DNA and make the "ultimate weapon". They said they were going to put the embryo into stasis for later use! I- I can't believe this! I just want to get out!'

"That entire night she cried. There was nothing we could do. But it turns out there was never anymore tests after that. Shortly thereafter, we found out that the Siriak had been wiped out by an epidemic. The war was over. We thought we'd be free, but the aliens never mentioned it and we realized we'd never be released. But slowly, we regained trust in our captors. They pretty much let us do whatever we wanted and the ship became our home.

"But then a year ago, as we were finally near the home world, the aliens picked up a signal of another ship heading here fast. Only one life-form was aboard, and that person was part Saiyan. They patched through to the camera on board, and it was unmistakable, the hair gave it away, it was Goshin. He realized he was being watched and said he was going to destroy every living Algaron. Our ship quickly went into hyper drive, and we hid into a relatively nearby black hole. We just narrowly missed being destroyed. Goshin must've not known there was a black hole there, because the moment he fired at us was the same time we went into the black hole. He must've thought we were vaporized. If he would've known the truth, he would've followed us."

Goshin's eyes had lit up, but he still stayed silent.

"We emerged a few hours later, the home world was gone. There was nothing left for them to live for so they began going back the way they came. We soon realized they were heading to earth. Last month we reached our galaxy, that's when they told us they'd be releasing us. We were shocked and we asked why and they said it was because they felt they were holding us for too long, and they knew they had to return us very soon. I don't know about the other three, but I didn't believe that for a second. I think there was some other force at work. I think it was pure coincidence that you wished us back at this time. I truly believe something or someone was threatening their lives. They were acting weird ever since we entered the galaxy. Transmissions were being covered up, meetings were being held in secret for the first time in years. I guess we'll never know though what it was they were doing. I'll miss them, but it sure is good to be home."

"What you went through," stuttered Pan, "was truly amazing. I'm amazed you survived, but aren't you mad at the aliens for what they did to you?"

"No, not really," replied Celery. "While some of the things they did were not right, in the long run they were OK."

Bra, Pan and Roshi exchanged frightful glances with each other while Goku and Vegeta were trying to understand what was just said.

"GULP Guys," said Bra, "I hate to say this, but I think you may've developed Stockholm Syndrom."

"HAHAHAHA!" laughed Rupan. "Now that's funny! Why would you say that?"

"I'm serious," replied Bra. "Sure, you do still seem the same, but deep down, something's not right. Maybe they weren't directly brainwashing you, I don't know for sure, but being away from civilized human beings has just... changed you somewhat. I would really like to rum some tests on you guys in the morning. You may not appreciate it now, but you will in the long run."

"Mom," said Celery, "you really don't think that do you? You're just joking right?"

"Yea, right?" chimed in Gonell.

Suddenly without warning, Goshin stood up and had a distressed look on his face. "Are you insane!" he yelled. "How could you be saying that! I don't understand how you could be thinking this way! Why do youpeople think I was in that ship? I was also abducted by Algarons, and while they may have done a few good things for me I never forgave them! Why would I forgive the aliens that took me from my home, ripped me from my mother's arms, ran dozens of test on me to determine where my strength came from, and hours upon hours of torture. That entire experience was hell, and if you think for one minute that getting abducted is something you forgive, well your wrong, plain and damn simple."

Rupan and Celery gave each other worried looks. Gonell sat there with her mouth gaping. Zonza seemed to be affected by his son's words the most. He put his head in his hands and was dwelling on the facts he heard.

"Alright Bra," said Zonza after a long silence, "we'll take these tests. I don't know if it'll prove anything, but we'll see."

"Thank you for cooperating Zonza," said Bra. "Well, it's getting late. We have a few obstacles ahead of us, but soon everything will hopefully be back to normal. Vegeta, show Gonell, Zonza and Goshin to the guest rooms. Celery, Rupan, I left your room intact, hoping that you'd one day come back."

"Well, thanks," said Rupan curtly as Celery just nodded her head. "We'll see you all in the morning." And with that, everybody went to their respected rooms and called it a night.

Finally, the story behind the capture of the foursome has been revealed. But obviously now, there is a lot of tension at Capsule Corp. Feelings have been hurt, trust has been broken. But hopefully, in due time, Bra will be able to address the problem with her and Pan's children, Goshin will grow accustomed to his surroundings, and life as they know it can finally return to normal. Make sure you don't miss the next chapter of DragonBall AF!