Gohan yanked himself from within the pile of rubble, shaking his head to clear it. Most of the Z Fighters' power levels had shrunk back down to size. Had they won?

"Gohan, let's go!" That was Piccolo. He looked up and saw the lot of them just coming over the mountains.

"Right, so it's not over yet." He leapt into the air, blasting off toward them. "So, what'd I miss?" Goku took a deep breath as he landed beside them.

"Not much. Last I saw, Norm was taking on the android, but I don't know how long he can hold out. If we're going to fuse, we'd best do it now." Gohan opened his mouth to speak, but received a faceful of dust for his trouble. Norm had smashed through the rock wall on his right, skidding along the ground, sending sparks flying.

"Goku, I'd advise getting out of here as quickly as possible. My brother seems to have picked up on rage from your friend Vegeta, and I believe he intends to test his new knowledge on you." Goku's eyes bulged.

"Wait, he can learn emotions, too? Wow, this guy's something else, isn't he?" He was shaken from his ministrations by a voice in his head.

"Goku, you dolt! Get out of there!"

"Oh, hi, King Kai. How did you find me all the way out here?"

"That's not important right now. Look, Goku, that android you're fighting was born from the data it collected on you and the other Z Fighters. Even if you were to fuse with Gohan, you still couldn't hope to beat it. Come up to the Kai world and I'll see what I can do."

"Okay, then. Oh, and if you could have some dinner ready that would be great!"

Goku looked around at his group. "Alright, guys. Grab on, we're heading to the Kai world. King Kai thinks he might be able to help us out." They all placed a hand on him as he pressed two fingers to his forehead. Just as they disappeared, the Doof-bot came crashing into the clearing, steam curling off of it's body.

"I will find you."

Meanwhile, Phineas and the crew of kids were just now realizing that the fight had moved on. Candace rolled her eyes as they regrouped. "Come on, twerp. Quit keeping us in suspense. We all know you've got some mysterious device that can teleport us directly to where we need to be, right?" There was silence as Phineas rubbed his chin.

"Well, I have an idea if nothing else. Buford, do you still have that kit?" He passed the tiny box over to the pointy youth. "Candace, can I see your phone please?" The teen warily passed her phone off to her younger brother. "Great, but I'll still need some sort of solid headgear..."

"Will these do?" They all whipped around to find none other than Irvin. He was holding out the bright red glasses he always wore.

"I can't ask you to give up your glasses, Irvin. Also, how did you get here?"

"I snuck up and grabbed Buford's shoelaces as you guys took off. And don't worry about the glasses. I won't be that prevalent in this story anyway." (That was a 4th Wall joke. Hah.)

Phineas took the glasses, grinning. "These will do perfectly! Just a second." He flipped open Candace's phone and cracked out the camera casing and LCD display. Next he pulled from Ferb's kit a length of wire and a tiny circuit board. He pressed the board and LCD up against the right lens of the glasses, connecting them with the wire. He continued gutting the phone, reattaching the LCD and camera to the battery through the circuit board. After about three minutes, he held up a strange device built around the glasses. "It's not perfect, but it'll do. Now, if I just pop this on right quick..." He slid the glasses over his eyes, flipping a switch on the board. Light burst from behind the right lens and he grinned. "Well, who wants to know their power level?"

Goku and the group landed just a few feet from King Kai, scaring him straight onto his back. "Good grief, Goku! You're gonna kill me again one of these days!" Goku rubbed the back of his head.

"Heh...Sorry, King Kai. Anyway, you said you might be able to help us out with this robot, right?" The Kai stood up, nodding.

"Yeah, I can help you out. If you plan on finishing this fight alive, you're gonna need help from one of the Briefs scientists. You're friends with Bulma, right?" Vegeta tore through the ranks of the Z Fighters, grabbing King Kai by the shirt.

"Don't even think about it, bugface! You won't be bringing Bulma into any of this." King Kai flailed around in Vegeta's grasp, trying everything he could to escape.

"Hey, all you'll need to do is have her talking to you! She won't even have to move!" Vegeta slowly released the deity's neck.

"Alright, what's the catch?" King Kai rubbed his neck, checking for bruises.

"Well, she'll have to come in after you've put the robot down and ensure that the operation system is sufficiently destroyed. She and her father are the only people who might know what this thing is really capable of." Vegeta growled, but said nothing further. Goku stroked his chin.

"Well, if we're there with her, I guess it'd be alright." The group nodded slowly. "Alright, then. King Kai, if you'd do the honors." The buglike Kai nodded, turning and flicking his antennae around.

"Just a moment...there we go! Go ahead, Goku." The Saiyan stepped forward and placed a hand on his back.

"Hey, Bulma! Can you hear me?" The blue-haired lady jumped back from her table.

"Goku? Where are you?"

"The guys and I are in Otherworld right now, and we kind of need a little help."

"Wait, did you die again? Goku, you can't be wished back again! What were you thinking?!"

"Relax! We're not dead, but we just barely escaped a deadly robot that was built using Capsule Corp. technology. King Kai can connect you to us on the battlefield and you can show us how to defeat it, right?" She threw her hands up into the air.

"Good grief, Goku! You're asking me to show you how to beat something I didn't even know existed! Can you at least show me a picture of it?" Goku looked around, silently asking for suggestions. Everybody just shrugged.

"Well...I really can't. Sorry, Bulma- hold on." Ferb had just strolled up, popped a button off of his overalls and handed it to Goku. Goku gave him a questioning look, but Ferb just mimicked a camera. "Never mind that, Bulma. I might just be able to if you'll hold on a second." Back on Earth, her foot was tapping a mile a minute.

Ferb pulled a small phone from his left pocket and took the button back, pressing it to the back of the phone. The screen lit up and there was a picture of the Doof-bot. He turned it, showing the picture to Goku. He focused intently on it, getting his face in mere inches from the screen. "Alright, Bulma. If you close your eyes, you should be able to see it." Bulma did just that, and stumbled back a few seconds later, crashing into the table.

"G-Goku? You can't fight that thing if it's what I think it is. Trust me, you won't win."

"We don't have a choice, Bulma. If we don't fight it, it could end up destroying an entire world!"

"DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT, YOU IDIOT?! TRUST ME, IF YOU FIGHT THAT THING, YOU AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE GONNA DIE!" She took a deep breath. "Look, Goku, that thing has a symbol on it's chest that means it's a carrying device."

"A carrying device for what?"

"Well, we didn't use them too often, but usually it was for unneeded samples of some deadly pathogen or specimen that just couldn't be trusted. Once they were in the container, we loaded them down with old junk and sent them out into space. Not only does that thing probably have every bit of knowledge on how you guys fight, but if you puncture it in any way, you'll all probably get infected with some deadly disease." Goku scratched his head in confusion. This was going to be one tough fight.

Short chapter is short, but the next one will have action for days, I promise. I really just needed a break between the big reveal on what the bot was and the final fight. Trust me, this next one is gonna blow everyone away.