Chapter 76

Last time on DragonBall AF, the mysterious disease had hit close to home. Master Roshi is now infected. But Goku has realized something strange about all of this: Saiyans are somehow seemingly not affected. What could this possibly mean? Did this happen just by chance, or has it been intentional…

It was late. Everyone had finally returned home from the hospital and were dead tired, except for Goku and Goshin.

"Tomorrow, I'm going to get to the bottom of this," he told Goshin. "I'll need your help too Goshin. You can't deny the fact that something is seriously wrong here now. And I know you know more than you've said already."

"You are right," he murmured, "but we can't do anything until morning."

"Goshin, if you know something else you need to tell me," pleaded Goku.

Goshin sighed. "I didn't want to say anything, because really, there's almost no chance that this is true. I suppose I'll tell you what's on my mind though. There could be a chance, again a slight chance, that some of the Algarons survived."

"What!" exclaimed Goku. "What are you talking about? I thought you told us that you had killed all of them!"

"Well I'm pretty sure I did too," continued Goshin, "but I remember the Algarons using some kind of technology, bio-warfare I guess you could say, aboard the ship during tests, and it seems eerily similar to what I've seen. Plus the fact of grandmother seeing a ship in the vicinity of Roshi's island is also strange. It could be mere coincidence and be something totally unrelated to this though."

"But what if it isn't…?" asked Goku ominously.

"I don't want to go down that road yet."

The next morning, Goku was busy getting ready for school. The phone rang and he ran to pick it up. "Hello?"

"Hey Goku it's Vegeta. Just wanted to tell ya I'm skipping today, so don't bother flying over."

"Tch, all right," replied Goku. "Whatever then, I'll talk to you later." He hung up the phone and walked over to the table to get his books. Just then Goshin walked down the stairs. "Morning."

"Meh," he muttered.

"Hey, um, when I get home," said Goku, "tell me if anything interesting happened, like if you say it on the news or something."

"Sure," said Goshin.

"All right thanks, I'll see ya later." Goku opened the door and leapt into the air on his way to school. He was about halfway there and was now flying directly over the city. The air was calm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It was warm out and Goku was feeling very comfortable flying along. Unfortunately, the air was pierced by a shrill scream. Goku looked up, and far above him was a metallic craft.

"What in the hell!" he screamed. He rocketed up closer to see it, but it was extremely high up, at least the distance of Kami's Lookout. As Goku neared the strange craft it started moving slowly away, then it began to pick up speed. "Come back here!"

Goku went in pursuit and started to make out tiny windows, but couldn't see anything through them. Then, he noticed that the craft was beginning to descend. "W-what is going on!"

The terrified screams of the people below began to get louder and louder. From the way the craft was coming down, it seemed that it was going to land in the middle of the 8 lane expressway going through the middle of the city, cars on the road or not.

Goku rushed down to the ground, trying to beat out the ship. "EVERYBODY! GO! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" There was one man's car that wasn't going, apparently the battery had died out.

"Damn it!" he panicked. "Come on, come on!" The ship came closer and closer, growing in size as it came nearer to the ground. Goku bolted for the car, and he could see that the ship was about to touch down and slide directly into the car.

"Just a little more speed… HA!" Goku turned Super Saiyan, and in a mad dash, ripped open the door, grabbed the terrified man and jumped to safety just as the ship collided with the car. KABAM

Metal flew everywhere as the ship began sliding across the pavement. Sparks began appearing underneath it and finally at last came to a halt. Goku quickly went back to regular Saiyan so as not to cause any more surprises. The man he had saved fainted and Goku lid him onto the curb behind him.

Now everyone's attention was turned towards the ship. It was at least 25 yards long and was about 10 feet tall. There were windows, but there wasn't a door to be seen. The crowd started to become restless, and then, the panic began to set in.

"This- this is what's causing it all!" yelled someone. Goku looked around and sure enough, lesions had started breaking out on most of the people's bodies. "AHHHHHHHH! HELP ME!" The cries of the public grew louder and louder. Goku looked around franticly, helpless.

Wha-what am I supposed to do? he thought. I can't do anything for these people. And what is inside this ship?

Back at Mt. Pazou, Goshin was doing his daily chores while Gonell sat in the living room watching TV. Unexpectedly, Goshin stopped what he was doing and froze. Gonell noticed since she didn't hear the clanking of the dishes. "Are you all right Goshin?"

"I just felt Goku's power level jump dramatically for an instant," he replied. "He turned Super Saiyan for a moment."

"That's odd," added Gonell. "I wonder what's going on…"

"We at ZTV interrupt this program for breaking news!" Gonell turned her attention back to the TV and Goshin walked into the room as well.

"We bring you breaking news from our chopper above the downtown metropolis! As you can see from these images, something from the sky ahs fallen onto the freeway! It's a large metallic object, somewhat circular in shape. We don't know if anyone has been injured as of yet, but the authorities are on their way!"

"Oh my God!" exclaimed Gonell.

"I'm going down there," said Goshin firmly. "I'm going to grab Vegeta first. This isn't looking good at all mother."

Gonell didn't acknowledge Goshin at all and she brought her hand to her mouth. "I-I recognize that ship…" Goshin's eyes grew wide. "I was on that ship… I was on there at one point! Goshin! They're back!"

Goshin gritted his teeth in disgust. "Those dirty bastards… Mother, what ever you do stay here! I don't want you getting hurt! I'm going to make sure that this time I put an end to it once and for all.

Back at ground zero, Goku stood in front of the crowd, still not sure what he should do. He could hear the sirens coming in the background from the police force. "There must be something in there," he said to himself. "But why aren't they coming out?" He looked around him. Most of the people had passed out or were almost completely immobile. "I guess I can try and blast it open, and give whatever is in there a scare."

Goku jumped back and put his hands together. "KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAA!" The wave came forth from his opened palms and connected with the craft. It didn't budge and inch, and when he discontinued the beam, all that he managed to do was partially singe part of the outer shell.

"What is that thing made of?" he shouted. Then, out of what seemed to be nothing, a door appeared and lowered down. It was pitch black inside and Goku couldn't make out anything. The few people that were still conscious began to panic and couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Then, a figure started to come forth but it stopped before it came completely out of the shadows, before anyone could see any defining features.

I was not planning for our first meeting to be like this. The voice came from the alien, but he did not speak it. It was projected into the minds of everyone around him. But it seems now was as good a time as any.

"Who are you!" demanded Goku. "What do you want from us? Why have you done this to everyone?"

It does not matter to you, it replied. You are not affected by it, were you?

"Grrrrrrh," seethed Goku. Then, Goku looked up, and to his utter surprise, there was Goshin and Vegeta descending down from the sky. "Goshin, Vegeta! How did you know to come here!"

"I felt your sudden power surge," answered Goshin, "and when I saw this on the news and found out what was going on, I thought it would be good to have Vegeta come along."

"You know what's going on!" said Goku, wide-eyed.

"Yes," said Goshin as his eyes burned into the dark figure inside the ship. "The Algarons have returned."

You must be Goshin then, the alien said. I have heard so much about you. I have waited for this day for so long…

Is it true! The Algarons have returned! What could they want with the Earth? Something has piqued their interest, and it seems to be Goshin. What does this alien plan on doing to our heroes and the citizens of Earth? You won't want to miss the next exciting chapter of DragonBall AF!