First off, I would really like to thank everyone for the reviews. I know I'm updating really sporadically as well as understand that this story seems to have begun on a confusing start. I promise it will get better, once I can get to the actual meat of the plot, so to speak.

Please enjoy this very short chapter. :)

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The Capture of Mr. Satan

Chapter Three – Deliberating

It had been a full twenty-four hours since the events of yesterday. The daughter of Mr. Satan, who was now believed to be held captured, had randomly shown up at the Son household. She seemed sincere and in need of help, leaving Gohan to take the mantle of recovering her father.

The problem though, was that there wasn't any evidence. Besides a note. A poem claiming that unless the truth of Mr. Satan's fame wasn't revealed, the captor would torment him into great madness. The thought of such evil acts gave even Gohan the chills, even after everything he had been through since the beginning.

After Videl had calmed down yesterday, Gohan and his mother started asking more questions. Some of them about the capture, some of them not. Apparently she had one of her father's pilots, like some people had drivers, take her out here. She lied to him and claimed it was a summer camp and that she wanted to walk there, to not create too much attention. She had packed her bags and capsules, assuming that she would have to actually camp out herself. Of course, Chi-Chi had absolutely no say in that, already feeling so sorry for the girl, she was allowed to stay in a guest room.

Gohan was now currently at Capsule Corporation's headquarters, the home of long-time family friends, the Briefs. Gathered there were the other Z-Warriors, who had arrived by Gohan's request. He stood there in the midst of them, telling them the current issue at hand. How Videl arrived, what she had told them, and he showed them the note.

Videl and Chi-Chi were standing at the corner. Still upset by the recent events, the girl stared at the floor, an arm wrapped around her by Chi-Chi. She was very tired, having been through a lot of trauma and lack of sleep.

"All right, so now that we are all caught up on what to do. How do we begin to find this guy? I honestly haven't got a clue.", Gohan concluded, looking around at all of the adults surrounding him.

"Doesn't the mansion you guys live in have cameras? A surveillance system?", Bulma, the blue-haired scientist questioned the girl.

Snapping out of her trance, she looked up at her, "Actually, no. Dad doesn't like the idea of being watched, but we have a gate around the house. No alarms went off the night before and when I had gotten up, they were still activated.", she said nervously.

"Hmm. Well... maybe we should install one then.", Bulma said getting up from her seat. "The person who took your father has to eventually come back and do something, right? Otherwise you could just ignore his request."

At this, Chi-Chi chimed in, "Are you insane? Leaving a girl this young by herself, well I never. You're lucky she wasn't hurt to begin with."

Bulma smiled, "Well we have plenty of people here to choose from to guard her.", she gestured at the Z-fighters. "You guys could take shifts and I'm sure Mr. Satan's home has plenty of room."

There was soon chatter in the room, everyone stating their thoughts about Bulma's plan.

"Well, I suppose it could work. This person is obviously not anyone of the normal sort.", Krillen said, looking deep in thought. "We'd have to keep our ki levels masked and appear as normal guards."

Everyone nodded and looked toward Videl. Who currently had reverted back to her nervous stupor, staring at the floor. Gohan approached her.

"Videl, would you mind if we came to guard your house? We can't find the person who captured your father, without finding any evidence about him.", he asked her politely.

She looked up at him from the floor, "Yes, of course. Excuse me.", she said before leaving the group towards the bathroom. Everyone stared.

"That poor kid. All of this happened to her in the last 24 hours. That's terrible.", Krillin said.

"I don't understand why any of you are worrying.", a voice from the back of the room said, coolly. Everyone turned to the source, Vegeta. "That's what her father should have expected, boasting like he does. The big bafoon.", he scoffed.

"Vegeta! Stop this instance! In case you don't remember, it was Gohan who asked him to take that credit.", Bulma said, glaring. "And besides, no child deserves to have that sort of thing happen to them, not a single one."

"All right, all right. Let's stop with the fighting.", a feminine voice said. Belonging to Android Eighteen. "Let's try to figure out how we are going to guard the girl's house. As in how many and how long are the shifts going to be."

"How about three shifts, morning to evening, and then the night is split in half.", suggested Yamcha.

Krillin nodded, "That sounds good. Eighteen and I will take the morning shift", he declared, rather suddenly, ignoring the looks from Bulma and Chi-Chi, as well as Yamcha's snickering. "That leaves Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, and Tien".

"What? I never agreed to go babysit!", Vegeta exclaimed, only to be met with a glare from his wife. "All right, fine. But I work alone, and I want the beginning night. I have better things to do during my day."

"Okay, well then that leaves three left.", Krillin said.

"No, no! My baby will not be up late at night. He should be there during the day!", Chi-Chi once again chimed in.

"Oh, I guess you're right. Well, okay, Gohan can take on the day shift with us, Piccolo and Tien, you guys hold the fort during the night.", Krillin directed.

Everyone nodded and agreed. Their plan would start later that evening.

I hope that wasn't too terrible of a read for everyone. In the next chapter I promise there will be some excitement, rather than this boring trivial beginning. Please leave a review letting me know what you think, suggestions, criticisms. It would all be very appreciated and very helpful.

Once again, thanks for reading!