Haha! I bet ya'll weren't expecting this undate so soon! Heck, even I'm surprised I got this baby read so soon. Then again, I did have some "extra" time to work on it because of a certain problem. But hey, ya'll get to reap the rewards for it. Enjoy!

"So this is the place, huh?" Goten asked as he surveyed the area.

"That's what the relic's saying," Gohan answered as he too took a look around.

Of all the worlds the two brothers had been on, this one completely broke the stereotypical desolate planet. For some reason or another, the saiyan trio had found themselves on planets that had large amounts of dead land, similar to deserts and wastelands. It would've been a lie if they said they hadn't expected a similar environment to house one of the relics they sought.

What they found instead was a planet teaming with life. Purple plants that resembled grass covered the ground in every which way they warriors could see. To call the place they stood a plain would've been wrong. It was more like a meadow in the middle of a forest as the purple grass faded into a border of trees, the standard brown bark covering them though the leaves were of the same purple as the grass. The vibe of the place gave off one of serenity if anything.

That had been a very welcoming vibe for the boys.

However, there was one spot in the middle of the field that stuck out like a sore thumb. A large grey rock with blue moss covering it jutted out of the ground at a diagonal angle, trying as if to reach the sky. If one looked carefully towards its bottom, they could see that two smaller rocks were helping to support the behemoth of stone.

But neither saiyan cared much for rock formations. What really had their curiosity was that foreboding cave entrance those rocks formed. It was quite likely what they were seeking was in there somewhere.

"I guess we should start our search," Trunks commented then. When the saiyans and their human counterparts had landed on this planet, it had been quickly decided that the saiyans would go in search of the artifact, much to the chagrin of Videl. She had been getting tired of being left behind by the saiyan trio but didn't have much of a chance to change that decision as Sixteen agree with the choice. A four to two decision without Erasa's vote since she had remained in her own room during the landing and subsequent vote.

For what ever reason, the blonde had holed up in her room, upset about something. Videl had spent a whole day trying to find out what was wrong with her but her efforts were for naught.

Not that Trunks minded. That was just some time he didn't have the love-crazed girl on his heels, bothering him all over the ship.

But back to the matter at hand. Staring at the cave for a few seconds they soon approached the mysterious cave in single file formation; Gohan taking the front, Goten in the middle, and Trunks in the back.

The first thing the three encountered upon entering the cave was a set of stairs leading into darkness. The steps all by themselves alerted the three warriors that this "cave" wasn't a naturally made one.

"Well, at least we know we're in the right place," Trunks muttered under his breath.

Ignoring the comment, Gohan began the descent down the staircase, followed by the younger saiyans. Down, down, down they went, focused solely on the steps before them, ignoring the small droplets of water falling on them from the stalactite covered ceiling. Even the faint sound of water splashing on water didn't disrupt their thoughts.

Soon, the staircase ended, opening up into a long narrow hallway with walls too smooth to be normal. Despite this though, they continued their trek.

Yet, something was bugging Gohan. As far as they had come, though it didn't seem like a great distance, they had yet to run into some sort of booby trap. For a place that held a key to this powerful time machine, you'd think there would be a better form of protection for it.

Then again, not too many people knew about it. If that was the case, then there might not have been a need for traps. Still, it would be wise to keep one's guard up in the off chance there were any.

Wouldn't want to spring one on accident anyways.

"Hey guys," a weak voice said.

Jerking her head, Videl's eyes fell upon her blonde friend, who looked as if she had dyed her eyeballs red.

"Erasa! What are you doing out?!" the Satan girl exclaimed. "I thought you wanted to stay in your room for a month!"

A feeble smile came across the girl's face. "I'm sorry I worried you Vi. I was having some personal time is all." Taking a look around the room and noticing the world outside the main window, the blonde asked "Where is everyone?"

To Videl, it was obvious who "everyone" was: Gohan, Goten, and Trunks. "They went to go retrieve whatever it is we're supposed to get here. They'll be back in a little bit."

"And Trunks is out there too?" came the next question.

That caught the dark headed girl a bit off guard. She had been certain she meant him too when she had inquired about the lack of people on the ship, though it was obvious where Tien and Sixteen were since they were sitting in the pilot's seats.

"Yeah, he is," the daughter of Satan answered slowly.

A small sigh escaped Erasa's lips. "I thought as much. Oh well."

If Videl wasn't already suspicious of her friend's behavior, she was now. Usually she threw a small fit at not seeing the oddly colored saiyan off; now this lack of response? There was obviously something going on inside the girl's head and Videl was gonna make sure she found out what that was.

However, before she could say anything else, Sixteen suddenly jolted out of his seat, looking as if he had been bitten by a snake as a trace of sweat slid down his face.

"What's wrong Sixteen?" Tien asked as he too got out of his seat, staring at the monitors in the off chance there was some kind of threat.

"My sensors are picking up a very large power heading this way," the android replied, his voice sounding a bit frightened.

The bodyguard had caught that inflection in the giant's voice. "Is there more about this power? You're acting as if we're all about to be blow to bits."

Slowly, the android's eyes moved to look at Tien. What the bald human saw was unmistakable fear in this blue eyes. "I've never felt something like this Tien. It's…evil…pure evil…"

Tien's three eyes widened. "This…is bad."

It was then that both he and Videl practically fell to their knees, their ki senses devastating them. Never in the Satan girl's life had she felt something this horrible. It was almost like madness had taken on a physical form and was ready to create havoc at any moment.

It also didn't help the fact that the power was heading right for the three saiyans.

Well this was odd. After heading down the narrow corridor, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks found themselves in a small grey room, the walls covered in strange symbols. If the eldest saiyan had to guess at anything, they must've been some sort of ancient language. What it meant though, was beyond his comprehension.

It was times like these he wished he had brought Sixteen with him. At least with his computerized brain, he could've figured out what it meant to some degree. Then again, he probably didn't have these "letters" in his databanks and they'd still be at square one.

"What are these?" Goten asked aloud, hoping for some sort of answer. It was a good thing he had low expectations of receiving one or otherwise he would've been disappointed at the lack of response from the other two.

Trunks though, gave him an answer that pretty much summed up their lack of knowledge. "Beats me."

However, as he said that, Trunks touched the symbols with his hand, finding out that they had been engraved into the stone.

Instantaneously, the letters he had touched began to glow a golden light, and it was spreading from those letters and into the others, going until every symbol was glowing.

That just couldn't be good.

"Oh great, way to go Trunks," Goten said sarcastically. "You just had to start making them glow. Maybe you can get them to make sense if you try."

"Hey, how was I suppose to know they'd start glowing?" Trunks shot back.

However, before the two could continue their banter, the golden symbols began to glow brighter and brighter until the whole room was covered in white light, leaving each saiyan standing in whiteness completely and utterly alone.

Not good.

Unfortunately, as Gohan found out, the whiteness was making his eyes burn, forcing him to close them. Damn it, now he was a sitting duck if something wanted to attack him. Perhaps he had spoken too soon about this place not having booby traps.

And then, the brightness was gone, allowing the saiyan to open his eyes once more.

What he found though, was a tree moving towards him at a very high speed.

Reacting immediately, he dodged the obstacle, only to find he was heading right into another one. Instinct took over once more as he dodged that tree as well. The whole process continued on itself as the fighter dodged tree after tree, completely forgetting that he was moving the whole time, running to be exact.

That running came to a stop though as he entered a clearing with a lake in it. A feeling of familiarity overcame the Son boy, almost as if he had been here before.

For whatever reason, he moved towards the body of water, slipping off a pack that had suddenly made itself known on his back. How it had gotten there, Gohan didn't know, not to mention the sudden thirst that had overcame him. Perhaps this lake would cure that.

Kneeling down next to it, he cupped his hands and lowered them into the water, bringing them up to his lips and drinking the water held in them. A couple more scoops of that finished off his thirst.

It was then that the saiyan took noticed of what was in the water. There, looking up at him from the lake surface, was a blond man with teal eyes. Immediately, Gohan grabbed a lock of his hair and pulled in into his vision.

Just like the man in the lake, it was blond.

And then it dawned on the saiyan exactly what was happening. He was back on Planet Vegeta, not too long after his transformation into a Super Saiyan.

But why was he here?

Jerking his attention back to the water, he found his blond reflection once more. Seriously, what was going on here?

That was when he noticed something about his watery image. It was…smirking? Why in the world was it doing that? Gohan was pretty sure he wasn't smiling like that, if at all, yet this reflection was doing exactly that.

It was then that the image began to change before the Son boy's eyes just as a ripple in the water passed over it. Curved horns grew out of his forehead as the top of his head enlarged and became purple. The face itself changed into a pale orange color as its eyes took on a yellower shade.

At that moment, a hand burst out of the water and clamped onto Gohan's face, the owner of the appendage emerging from the watery depths.

"I'm not done with you boy," the voice of Jenemba cackled before he was sucked back into the water, pulling Gohan into the lake with him.

And with a scream, Gohan jolted off the ground, completely drenched in sweat. Or was it lake water? He didn't know but he didn't care as he found himself in the room full of symbols once more.

Breathing heavily, the saiyan attempted to recover himself, though he was visible startled. What had happened back there? Why had he been at the lakeside from so long ago? And why had Jenemba of all people attack him there? There were so many questions he had and yet none of them could be answered.

That was probably the most troubling thought of all.

It was then that the saiyan took a look at his surroundings. As he had noticed before, he was back in that strange room with the letters, but they had ceased to be glowing. Another thing was that he was sitting on one side of the room, close to the wall in fact. If he had to guess anything, he had been leaning against it before he woke up.

That was when he took noticed of Trunks and Goten. Both of the younger fighters looked as if they had gone through a similar experience as they panted heavily and were drenched in sweat. Presently, Trunks was on all fours in the middle of the floor, most likely laying there during the whole ordeal; Goten leaning on his side against the wall, showing that he too had been on the ground.

After a moment, Gohan finally questioned "Did you two have something happen to you too?"

Two affirmative nods answered that questioned, followed by Goten saying "That had to of been some kind of nightmare, I swear it had to be." A quick shuddering occurred after his comment.

"I'm not sure, but that was too real to be a nightmare," Trunks responded. "But I really don't have anything else to call it but a nightmare."

Gohan frowned then. "Tell me something, did your nightmares have something to do with something you had done before?"

The jerk of their heads was all the answer the warrior needed to know that he had hit the hammer on the nail. Taking a deep breath then, he got to his feet, followed by the younger two shortly after. "I'm not sure what happened to both of you, but I say we wait awhile before divulging them. Let's get this artifact here and get out. I'm starting to not like this place anymore."

"Got that right," Goten muttered in agreement.

Turning, the three saw a doorway they were sure hadn't been there previously. Looking at each other for a moment, they soon began heading into the opening, shortly finding themselves in another corridor. Fortunately, it hadn't been as long as the previous one as a doorway at its end showed another room.

Heading into it, the three saiyans soon found themselves in a very large room with several pillars standing up, heading towards the back of the room. One thing about those pillars though, was that they were huge; almost as if they had been built by hundred foot giants. No way would someone their sizes would've made something that large. If one were to try looking at their tops, they would only see the massive stone structures disappearing into the darkness above.

Towards the back of the room though, a short pyramid structure stood. A staircase built right into its sides led all the way from the floor and up to its top, where a small altar stood, a stone ring circling above it as thin pylons held it up in the air. However, there was something wrong with this picture.

There was someone else in the room were no one should've been, a few someones in fact. One of them even held an odd stone staff that had two arrowhead shapes sticking out of it in his hands, or at least Gohan assumed it was a he. Small chatter was being made as the group made its way towards the saiyans, slowly revealing themselves.

At that point, all three saiyans wished that they weren't there at the moment.