Chapter Two

Both girls covered their eyes as they come to the surface, readjusting to the bright light. Videl was surprised how far they'd managed to come underground; it didn't feel like they had travelled that far. She was expecting to come up in a different part of Satan City no she had to remind herself that they had been in Orange Star City; it hadn't been renamed since her dad never beat Cell. Here they were already in West City it was then she realised more time had passed then she'd thought her body aching to let her know. The section they'd come up in still had people going on with their everyday lives. Some houses well maintained, others a mess. Sharpener told the girls to remain quiet as they weaved around the edges of buildings.

Sharpener took a quick break to explain to the girls about the section of the city they where currently in. "This is a prime area for the androids to attack since it's populated. A lot of people stayed here since it's so close to Capsule Corp. which is still functioning. A lot of the employees live in this section."

It took another three hours of walking before the they got to Capsule Corp. Sharpener was relieved that they managed to get there without incident. Not even Capsule Corp. was immune to the destruction, a few outlying building where reduced to rubble and a section both girls knew had been refurbished in their time where still the designs from several years ago.

Entering the yard they saw a young boy practicing martial arts, not far from him Erasa's idol sat sunbathing. The one and only Bunny Briefs and it seemed that all the attacks hadn't affected her one bit. She didn't have one grey hair or wrinkle, and still had a trusting bubbly nature as she saw the three guests.

"I'll go get Bulma and some more tea. You be a good boy with our guests Trunks." The elderly woman who didn't look elderly shouted.

"Brother, do people still get plastic surgery." She asked, her idol had always claimed that her looks where natural but the publications also wrote about how much plastic surgery she'd had to keep her youthful looks.

"Small pockets still get it but mostly for reconstructions rather than looks. Mrs Briefs is 100% natural beauty if that's what you're wondering." Sharpener replied. Videl was once again amazed to find no lust or yearning for the older woman that her Sharpener had. She was also finding her heart would skip a beat every time he didn't do anything perverted, every time he was a gentleman and wished that there worlds Sharpener was more like the one in front of her.

Videl looked at Trunks Briefs, she'd meet the one in her timeline on several occasions and he was an annoying little brat who constantly bragged that he could beat her father and would cause mischief as soon as his mother was out of sight.

"Are you looking for my big brother?" the young Trunks asked, not a hit of arrogance in his voice like there worlds Trunks spoke to people.

"Sure think kiddo, is he around at the moment?" Sharpener asked him.

The young boy shook his head no. "He's fighting the androids again." The sad tone and worry in his voice apparent.

"Don't worry, Gohan will be back, he always comes back." Sharpener told him.

"But what if he loses another arm like he did last year, then he won't be able to fight at all." Trunks asked him.

"Then he'd fight with his legs and feet and still survive, and when he loses those he'll just fly around everywhere head butting the androids." Sharpener told him.

Trunks laughed at the image of an armless legless Gohan challenging the androids.

Videl put two and two together that Gohan was the one who lost his arm in the attack that killed this worlds Erasa.

DBZ

Bulma came out with her mother who had a tea tray with extra tea, cups and cake. Trunks went back to his martial arts training. Bunny setting a place for each of them to sit.

"What brings you here today?" Bulma asked him, knowing that the teenager wasn't here for pleasantries; he only came when he needed something which was what a lot of people did these days who she dealt with, and she couldn't blame them since she herself did the same.

He explained how he'd found the two girls in the sewers, the two girls telling her how they found themselves there and what home was like and about the phone with the footage of the Cell games.

"The battery on my phone is going flat" Erasa sighed. "I don't know if it will last watching through the video again."

"I'll see if I can get the video off the phone, or find a charger" Bulma told the blond haired girl dragging Erasa behind her. Videl stayed outside with Trunks, Mrs Briefs and Sharpener.

DBZ

It wasn't long before Erasa and Bulma returned. "I was able to get the video off, but can't find a charger that will fit. Stupid companies constantly changing charger types." Bulma cursed. "Gohan shouldn't be too much longer. I called his mother and she informed me that he's back from fighting the androids and both are heading here now."

The small group enjoyed there tea and cake, Videl feeling out of place, Erasa fitting in with the group though that was normal for the social butterfly, she could fit in with anyone with ease.

"Gohan" Trunks shouted out, running towards the gate. Sure enough a woman driving a capsule car turned up with a rugged version of Gohan.

"The scar on his face makes him look sexy" Erasa giggled as the teenager capsulised the car. Videl rolled her eyes at her friend's comments.

"Hey squirt, have you been keeping up with your training?" Gohan asked the younger boy.

"Sure have" he told him excitedly and showed his older friends his techniques. Chi-Chi walked over to the table.

"Look at these pretty young ladies" Chi-Chi was excited to see them both, for a reason neither girl could understand. They'd never met this woman before now in either universe. "One of you should marry my son, you are fertile aren't you."

Videl was utterly embarrassed at this woman's comment.

"I'll marry him" Erasa put her hand up, offering.

"That's great, you're just his type. You even look like his old girlfriend." Chi-Chi replied happily.

Gohan stopped his training of Trunks and replied angrily. "You can't just go replacing Erasa with every girl you come across."

Videl was shocked, he sounded exactly like Gohan, and looked like a cooler version of the Gohan from there world and he'd actually been dating this worlds Erasa.

"You have lost your chance of ever being a doctor because of the androids, I don't want you to lose your chance of becoming a father either" Chi-Chi told him with worry. "My baby boy, so intelligent yet can't put it into practice with a stable job. I didn't want this life for you, you where meant to be going to school this year to get your high school diploma and then go to university to study to be a great scholar. Meet a nice girl I approved of and have children of your own."

Gohan showed Trunks more moves to practice and made his way over to his embarrassing mother.

"Hi I'm Gohan Son" He introduced himself to the girls. Even with the scared tough looking face he still managed to pull of the goofy grin which there worlds Gohan was known for.

"I'm Erasa Stationary and this is Videl Satan, we come from an alternate dimension ... I think." Erasa told the handsome version of Gohan.

Trunks stayed outside with his grandmother while Bulma guided the rest of the group to the room she'd taken Erasa earlier. She prepared the footage on the large screen of the Cell attack.

"They called that one Android 16" Gohan frowned looking at the android that had the Capsule Corp logo pasted over the Red Ribbon logo in a tacky manor. "Do you think he was a prototype for 17 and 18."

"I have no clue, but from watching the footage we're going to have to track down all of Dr. Gero's work."

Bulma paused the video on the whole group. "I've already skimmed through the footage but can you two name everyone on the hill.

"There are you and your father and the you from that version has already achieved super saiyan." Chi-Chi pointed out.

"But if you notice the date," Gohan pointed to the corner of the screen which showed the date and time. "Dad was already dead by that point. Wow Vegeta actually turned up, that's not like him at all."

"I know" Bulma told them. "I always knew he was a good guy but to actually see him turn up with the others to help is amazing."

"Krillen, Yamcha, Tien" Chi-Chi pointed to the men.

"No Chiaotzu I wonder if that means he's already dead or if he stayed away from the fight intentionally." Gohan questioned. "Piccolo sensei and then this guy standing next to dad and the android, the afro haired guy and the announcer are the only ones I don't know."

"He's Hercule Satan" Sharpener told the group. "He's the last World Martial Arts Champion."

"Bulma, the purpled haired guy, you don't think that ..." Gohan was excited when he looked at the stranger standing with his friends.

"That's exactly what I think." She replied to the teenager just as excited. "It would also explain why Goku is alive."

"Would you care to explain to the rest of us" Videl snapped, frustrated at not knowing what was going on.

"Goku died of a terminal disease and before he died I started working on a cure, but I didn't finish it before he died and was only a few years later that I managed to complete the cure." Bulma explained as they continued watching the footage.

"The androids existence came known not long after my husband died and we saw all our friends and most of the world's population killed by the pair. So far we're no closer to defeating them then we where seven years ago when they first appeared." Chi-Chi had tears in her eye as she reminisced.

"So a couple of years ago Bulma, Dr Briefs and I started working on building a time travel machine." Gohan continued on.

Bulma finished off. "Our aim was to travel into the past, three years before the androids where due. Give Goku the medication and warn him and our other friends about the androids so they could take action to either prevent or be prepared for the androids and from the footage it looks like we succeeded, but somehow made a major change in your timeline that lead to the Cell games. That young man standing before you is an older version of my son Trunks."

"So you're telling me that you're responsible for the Cell incident?" Videl angrily asked.

"I have no way of knowing for certain" Bulma told her already coming up with a new idea. "Unless we can managed to make a communication device to talk to our counterparts in your world."

"Oh man Videl, your dad is so embarrassing to watch." Sharpener replied in embarrassment that was what the man he used to look up to was like.

"At least you don't have to live with him, he's like that all the time at home." Videl responded dryly.

DBZ

Before the footage finished Gohan started getting agitated. "I have to go, there attacking one of the new settlements."

"Come back alive bro" Sharpener told the other teenager.

Chi-Chi and Bulma both gave Gohan a hug before he left, powering up to super saiyan and leaving through a window.

Bulma paused the footage. Gohan was the one who needed to see the footage.

"Wow, that's just how the Gold Fighter from back home looks." Erasa exclaimed after he was gone. "So if our version of Gohan is the Gold Fighter who do you think Saiyanman is? Do you think that's also Gohan?"

Videl didn't have a clue about anything anymore. Chi-Chi pulled Erasa aside wanting to know everything about her son from there dimension. Bulma had raced out to make sure her son didn't chase Gohan down which left Sharpener and Videl alone together.

"Videl" Sharpener seemed nervous as he looked at her. "If feels like I have been given a second chance getting to see you here today. You where my closest friend growing up, it was always the three of us; you me and Erasa." He looked into her eyes and Videl could see the hurt that was caused from losing her counterpart. "I always wonder what if you survived, would it still be me you and Erasa; the three of us together forever. I constantly wonder why I am the only one left alive, why did I have to lose my twin sister and my closest friend, the only girl I have truly loved!"

Videls heart skipped a beat and she could feel her face heating up. Did Sharpener in her time line really love her? He was constantly chasing her and confessing to her but Videl has always assumed that it was because of her dad's fame and money. But here in this world her father didn't have that he was long gone and buried and this world's version of her was as well and yet he still loved her anyway.

"Can you tell me about the me from your world? You seem to think I'm some pervert and I want to know how he grew up, how I would've ended up without the androids."

Videl smiled as she started to tell him, about playing together as children, about her father winning against Cell and how it changed their relationship how her version of Sharpener played baseball, practiced boxing and martial arts at her father's dojo. About the first time he ever confessed to her and her beating the snot out of him. Going to school together, sleepover pranks. Everything and Sharpener was fascinated by it all.

"Lucky basted." Sharpener shook his head. "I've never even been on one date, the situation just doesn't allow it. Besides the only girl I wanted to date was you and that was never an option."

Videl blushed at the confession she'd received, it was more heartfelt then the confessions she'd received from her worlds Sharpener.

DBZ

It wasn't long till Gohan returned bearing new wounds, blood streaming from his hairline and a broken arm.

"My poor baby!" Chi-Chi shouted in absolute worry pushing everyone out of the way. Both woman tended to his wounds and then resumed the video where they left off.

"How are you feeling?" Erasa asked Gohan with concern she always showed for her friends.

"Fine, thanks for asking" Gohan smiled at her in reply.

The video was resumed and everyone watched in silence until Chi-Chi screamed out. "How dare your father make you fight! That man, I swear he always put fighting before your studies. He should've finished Cell off by now."

"Mum, it didn't happen here! Dads reaction under that situation might have been different here" Gohan tried to put his mother at ease.

"You know that's not the case" Chi-Chi replied heartbroken.

The next time a word was spoken was when android 18 was spat up by Cell.

"That's android 18!" Gohan replied in utter shock. "What does it mean? Cells power seems to become weaker just after he spits her up."

"Whatever it is, it can't be good" Bulma replied. "First thing we need to do is work out how to get the girls back to their own dimension, or at least be able to communicate with ourselves from that dimension.

DBZ

The two girls where asked again to tell the story of how they got there. They then flew them back to the former Satan Mansion to investigate what had happened. Gohan and Bulma had bought many gadgets the pair didn't recognise. Dr Briefs was going through all the labs and storage rooms back at Capsule Corp. to see what they needed. Trunks was being lookout for the androids.

"Is it really a good idea sending a kid as lookout?" Videl questioned.

"Is it a good idea to give a young teenager the role of police officer while still in high school?" Gohan asked her. "In most cases that would be no, but from what you and Erasa have both mentioned you've proven yourself to be more then capable of being a police officer. Trunks has grown up in this environment his whole life, he may only be eight years old but he knows what he's doing and I'd trust him more than majority of the adults left in this world.

"He's not someone to be underestimated, that kid is more talented than I am." Sharpener told the girls.

Equipment do-hickys where setup everywhere in the mansion. "Gohan, I want to show the girls more of this world. I think it would do them some good to see how we run things" Sharpener shouted out.

"Take Trunks with you" Gohan told them he then bent down to his young brother's level. "Trunks, you protect the girls and Sharpener, if the androids come flare your ki with the signal I told you so I know if it's the androids or another threat."

"I can do that big brother" he replied with confidence. "I already know that you will do this, but can you protect my mum."

Gohan smiled and hugged the young boy and got to work.

DBZ

"He seems to have adjusted well to only having one arm" Videl commented as they hopped into a hover jet. Sharpener was going to show them the planet from the sky.

"You have to adjust if you want to survive, letting something like that negatively affect your life is only going to get yourself and or the people around you killed.

"I think he's handsome even with the missing arm" Erasa babbled as she followed her brother into the hover jet. "I thought you said flying was dangerous" Erasa pointed out as

"It is really dangerous; being on the surface in general is dangerous. This jet has the best technology available, faster than any model available to most people and also has cloaking technology." He could already see the question on Videls lips and answered before she could ask. Besides if he didn't Trunks would have a go at them for assuming his family only wanted to help themselves and not others which simply wasn't true. They do everything in their power to help out as much as possible. "A few years back when Erasa and I saw this technology for the first time we both had a go at Gohan about why this technology wasn't released to the public, ripped into him big time. Made his so nervous he didn't know how to respond at first. He's not really good dealing in social situations. He finally managed to get a word in and told us that is was simply too expensive and time consuming for Capsule Corp. to produce and even if they wanted to they also didn't have a large number of equipment and product required to make these types of vehicles. This isn't the only one is use, the Briefs family has been slowly giving them to hospitals and people in charge of moving shelters who they thought where going to use them for that purpose and not for criminal activities. Normal everyday crime still happens even though the androids are the main threat we have to worry about."

"Guess you have your thugs no matter the situation" Videl mumbled.

"Has anyone tried to steal one of these invisible planes?" Erasa asked Sharpener.

Sharpener nodded his head. "Gohan dealt with the situation as soon as he found out about them. Got it through the crooks heads that he doesn't just deal with the androids but small crimes as well."

Erasa was looking out the window taking in the views, it was fascinating. Videl was disturbed, as junior cop she wanted to go back down there and help as many people as possible.

"What's that?" Erasa asked, pointing in the distance at the direction they'd just passed over. There was a bright light, it was only small and lasted a few moments but those moments where enough.

"It's the androids" Trunks replied in horror.

"You have good eyes, not even I spotted that and I know what to look for." Sharpener replied and started to descend what he hoped was far enough away from the current town which was holding the androids interest. Trunks flared his ki as Gohan told him to do, only moments later the teenaged appeared, flying faster and unaided by anything.

From the cloaked vehicle they could see Gohan in the air fighting the two androids.

"They're beautiful." Erasa admired the beauty of the two androids who where currently fighting Gohan.

"I don't see what's so beautiful about them." Trunks commented hatefully. "Those cold soulless eyes are ugly. Thanks to these monsters and I had to grow up without a father because of them. I had to grow up seeing the hurt in mum, Gohan and aunt Chi-Chi eyes everyday because they took away the people that they knew and loved."

Trunks was surprised to find Erasa had pulled him into a hug and was even more surprised to find he they were both crying. "It's alright, it may not look it now, may seem like everything is hopeless but one day these androids are going to be gone, you're going to beat them eventually. Train hard and keep a level head and one day you can help Gohan. Together you can both beat them. But you can't rush in and fight them before your ready, Gohan will tell you when that day comes."

Videl continued watching the fight with a few quick glances at Erasa, she was such a people person, good with people there age and kids. Videl wasn't as social and always felt awkward around children and she seemed to be good at making them cry. But Erasa knew just what to say and what to do to. She shifted her attention back to Gohan, his moves where familiar, just like a lot of the attacks that Saiyanman preformed. A part of her refused to believe that the bookworm who slept through class could possibly be Saiyanman and the Gohan Son from her timeline couldn't possibly be the same as the one from this timeline. She glanced over at Sharpener, her face warming up again as she did, he gave her a warm tingly feeling over her whole body and her chest ache every time she did and a question that ran through her mind about why couldn't the her Sharpener be more like him and then her mind would tell her that this Sharpener had just matured faster because of the situation forced on him and that her Sharpener would eventually end up like him, it would just take more time.

"Finally realised what a catch my brother is?" Erasa teased Videl, catching the looks her friend kept giving her brothers counterpart and the blush creeping on her face.

Videl stutter in response. "Don't be stupid Erasa, as if I'd ever like your perverted brother more than just a friend."

"Oh so the blush on your face is for Gohan then" Erasa continued to tease. "I don't blame you. He's a sweet kind boy, intelligent and good looking and seeing how handsome he is in this timeline you know he'll still look good even if he ends up scared for life."

"You can have him" Videl crossed her arms and focused back on the fight. "I have no interest in him or any man."

Erasa looked at Trunks, oh how she wanted to tease her friend about liking woman instead but didn't think that would be appropriate.

"Are you a lesbian?" Trunks asked causing the two girls to look at him stunned.

"Looks like I didn't have to censor myself" Erasa chuckled.

"Don't be stupid, I like no one, no men or woman. I just like being by myself." Once again she turned back to the fight, hoping that she wouldn't have any more distractions, it was hard enough as it was to keep up. The androids and Gohan kept blinking in and out of focus.

Sharpener seemed hurt by her comments Erasa could see it in his eyes.

"If your Videl survived you might have ended up together" Erasa said quietly to her brother so Videl couldn't here. "She denies it and claims she doesn't have a heart but I know she really does care."

Sharpener smiled back at his sister, she always knew what to say to make him feel better, he'd missed that since his own sister had died. Losing his twin was like losing a part of himself that would never mend no matter how much time went on.

DBZ

It felt like hours before a beat up and bleeding Gohan turned up to the ship, the androids having left. Losing interest in fighting the young hero for the moment. Videl's eyes where strained from watching the fast moving fight, it was amazing and she knew she was well and truly outclassed. Erasa patched Gohan up while Sharpener flew them back to the Satan Manor. Bulma had made a bit of progress while they were gone, she'd finished setting up all the equipment she'd bought with, but was still going to take a lot of time before she managed to connect with the other dimension.

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