I gently swabbed at Trunk's cut as we sat on the guest bed in Capsule Corp.
"T-That octopus...
seems...suspicious..." Trunks winced.
"What do you mean Mirao?" I asked in curiosity.
"Why would you find a giant elusive, regenerating sea creature in the middle of a desert?"
"I don't know."
"Something's up."
"Huh?"
"Do you think Gallapher is behind this?"
"Um...no."
Trunks switched on the tv.
"Breaking news..." the reporter said, "An unusual beast has trashed Satan City! Mr. Hercules did a good job fighting off the giant rabbit. What do you say by this heroic feat Mr. Satan?"
"Yes. It is my job to protect my city and the citizens within it," Mr. Satan huffed proudly, "That bunny never stood a chance!"
"What gave you the strength to defeat this monster?"
"To protect what is important to me, and everyone. If innocent people get hurt in my city. That bunny will have to hop of to Hell! I'm never gonna let such a little thing break what's dearest to me. Never!"
Trunks switched the television off.
"I think he's setting our gang up. Dumping mutated creatures in various places so he can suck as much blood as he wants," Trunks sighed.
"What?"
Yow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
"Sorry...but what do you mean dumping various creatures? I thought we only heard of two!"
"Krillin, Tien, and Piccolo fought off a giant turtle. It took Piccolo a long time to shoot a senzu beam cannon straight to a weak point in it's skull," Trunks explained, "Goku and Vegeta had an attack in the south Island near to Master Roshi's home. 18...
helped kill a bear, lion, and snake blended together."
"So you think that Gallapher is trying to buy time?" I asked.
"Exactly."
"So we should tell Goku?"
"Uh huh."
I pulled up my bag and we both left for Chichi's house. It was a far flight.
"Hey guys!" Goku waved from the front porch, "How's everything?"
"Hello," I replied and landed, "Um...apparently Mirao had assumed that Gallapher was setting us up. Kind of."
"What do you mean?" Goku blinked.
"We believe that Gallapher dumped a bunch of mutated animals in different places to buy himself more time," Trunks spoke up, "He's planning something big."
"Do you guys have any idea what it is?" Goku asked.
"That's exactly what we came here to find out." I answered.
...
"Okay. My brains gone haywire..." Krillin moaned while massaging his bald head, "...5 hours of nonstop thinking really beat the hell outta me."
"Maybe it was a bad idea," I responded dully.
"This situation needs more observation," Trunks demanded, "We can't let Gallapher off so easily."
"We can't let our heads off so easily..." Yamcha murmured also nodding off. Most of us had dark rings under our eyes from lack of sleep. Bulma came in the dining room.
"Anyone wants more coffee?" she asked while yawning.
"Me," Yamcha, Tien, and Krillin said at once and ran over. I shook my head in dirision. It was a long day. Even longer after Krillin's seemingly harmless comment caused Vegeta to explode like a living dynamite. Oh, he stuck Krillin in the kitchen bin and marched off. It happens. Now, I learned not to say, "Goku can definitely handle these things better than anyone else in the universe!" in front of that particular saiyan. I don't get that guy sometimes.
"Dad. Wake up," Gohann nudged Goku who was sleeping comfortably in his chair.
"Donuts!" Goku exclaimed and looked around frantically before falling backwards, "Ow!" After glancing at Goten who fell asleep the same way Gohann sunk his face to his hands groaning, "Oh brother..."
Slam!
I fell off my seat, startled.
"Look alive everyone!" Eden exclaimed as she marched inside, "I got an answer to our problem!"
"Where have you been?" Trunks cried and jumped up.
"Which problem? We've got about ten of those," Goten stretched. She gave him a dirty look.
"Gallapher is this super immortal bloodsucker right?" Eden started as she pulled off her black cloak, "If we weaken him to the point of KO, we can like...trap him inside this jewel and that will be the end of that!"
Zzzzz...
Most of us had already fallen asleep.
"Is it even possible to lock that phantom into a stone?" Future Trunks asked.
"Well...I think it's worth a try," Eden replied. She kicked Yamcha and Krillin's chairs over to wake them up, "Let's get to work!"