Well, at least it wasn't a cave.

It had taken awhile, but eventually the group of saiyans and humans had arrived at their second location. If they had known that each relic was practically on the other side of the universe, they would've tried splitting up or something. But the thought that they could only find the next artifact was after getting the clue with the one they possessed quickly put down that train of thought.

However, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks were staying in the ship this round, along with Erasa. Somehow, someway, Videl had gotten the idea of sending the other half of the group, that being herself, Sixteen, and Tien; allowing the saiyans to take it easy this time. She got quick approval from the younger saiyans and Sixteen of all people. That only left Gohan and Tien on the losing side since Erasa didn't need to make a vote.

After that, a pyramid sized temple was the location of the relic. Green jungle had surrounded the place except for the clearing the building was located in. Moss had slowly covered the structure, hiding the original color of the place from viewers.

Inside wasn't much better. Cobwebs had made themselves at home over the long millennia. Though a good amount of them kept to the corners of the halls, sometimes draping themselves along the walls, every now and then they would find one that covered the whole passage.

Now Tien had to admit that he wasn't very found of spiders along with the stuff they made from their behinds. Videl was the same way as well, but what was really strange was that Sixteen must've felt the same way as they did in his previous life since he too looked a bit edgy around the webs.

Fortunately, a handful of ki caused the screen of webs to incinerate in a matter of seconds, allowing the three to continue on their quest. They hadn't been inside the place too long when they found themselves in a small room.

From the moment all three of them had entered it they had gone on alert. For some strange reason, there weren't any of the cobwebs they had encountered on their way here. In fact, the place looked as if it had been swept barely a minute ago. Bare walls the color of bronze marked the room's area; a small podium that went to about Videl's knees sat in the middle of the floor.

"I'm getting a bad feeling about this place," Tien finally spoke.

"It would be recommended if we left soon," Sixteen agreed.

Heading towards the opposite side of the room from where they had entered, making their way to a dark passageway, Tien decided to walk over the small podium rather than around it. It was just sitting there, begging to be stepped on.

That proved to be a bad move as a golden eye-like symbol appeared, covering the entire top of the podium. Soon, more symbols began appearing, seeming to be spreading from the platform as the markings covered the floor and made their way up the walls.

"What's going on here?!" Videl shouted as she dropped into a fighting stance.

"I don't know!" Tien shouted back as he copied the Satan girl's action.

Soon the symbols covered the room from corner to corner, the golden glow from them becoming brighter and brighter. The next thing the bald human knew, he had closed his eyes from the intensity of the shine.

When he opened his eyes, he wasn't in the same room. Instead, he was in a room he recognized that belong to Governor Crane's mansion on Vegeta.

As if to confirm that thought, Tien's third eye caught sight of the very familiar form of Gohan, looking a bit fatigued and ready to attack.

"Gohan? What's going on?" the bodyguard called out. He didn't get an answer from the saiyan as he fell into a stance, ready to go on the offensive. Reflexively, Tien went into a defensive stance. He didn't know what that guy was up to but he would be damned if he was gonna get beat up because of it.

That was when the last person the bald martial artist thought he'd see appeared by his side. There, floating by his shoulder was Chiaotzu, looking ready to go back into combat.

It all suddenly came back to the bodyguard. This was the fight he had had with Gohan; the first time he had met the saiyan…

And the time Chiaotzu died.

Immediately, Tien jerked his head to his left, just in time to see the hidden Piccolo launch his attack. "Beam Cannon fire!"

'Oh no, not this time' Tien thought as he prepared himself to stop the ki blast. However, his body leapt out of the way against his will, almost as if his body had a mind of its own. Because of that, the bald human had to once more see his long time friend be killed by the deadly attack, the beam piercing right through the mime's chest and exiting out his back.

"Chiaotzu!" Tien cried out as tears began to fall from his eyes. Not again, why had he had to see it again? It had devastated him the first time and seeing it for a second time was just as unbearable.

Exactly as he had done the previous time, Tien turned to look at Chiaotzu's killer, but this time it wasn't the Namek that revealed himself.

This time it was Krillen.

"Krillen?!" the bodyguard shouted. "But you're dead!"

"No thanks to you," the monk replied before a huge jolt of pain slammed into the back of his head, sending the bald man to the ground.

'Why? Why's Gohan helping him?' Tien thought as he turned his head to look at the saiyan. It had been him that had blindsided him the time before, knocking him out before he could avenge Chiaotzu's death.

But like Krillen's appearance earlier, instead of finding the culprit he had thought it'd be, he found the monk's wife, Hatchi, standing over him with a satisfied smirk on her face.

"What do you think I should do to him?" the blonde beauty asked her husband, keeping her cold blue eyes on the fallen fighter.

"You can do whatever you want with him," came Krillen's response.

"Well, that's too bad for you," Hatchi said to Tien as she held out one of her hands before her. "Don't forget to scream."

He didn't forget.

Just like Gohan before him, Tien woke from his violated memory with a scream, covered in sweat and breathing heavily.

Less than a second later, Sixteen was beside him, his hands on the human's shoulders. "What's wrong Tien?" he asked urgently.

"It…it was just a dream," the man replied, letting out a sigh of relief.

"More like a nightmare I'd say."

Turning his head, Tien saw Videl awake and she looked just as bad as he did; sweat pouring down her face, hair sticking every which way, and she was panting heavily.

"What did you see?" the bodyguard asked.

"I…I saw Gero sticking his hand into Gohan's stomach again," the girl admitted. "And I couldn't do anything…again. But instead of Sixteen coming to help, I saw that green monster that Goten killed. He was holding Gohan still until Gero sucked him dry."

"Are you okay?" Sixteen asked, clearly looking worried.

"No…not really. I will be when we get out of here. What about you Tien?"

Tien let out a sigh before answering. "I saw my friend Chiaotzu getting killed again. But instead of Piccolo doing it, it was a man that I killed, Krillen. Then his wife Hatchi blindsided me when I thought it was Gohan's doing. Then she blew me to kingdom come."

Videl winced before looking at the last member of their group. "And you Sixteen?"

"I didn't have one."

That caught the other two's attention. "What do you mean you didn't have one?" the Satan girl nearly yelled.

The android looked at her. "You remember when those symbols had nearly blinded us?"

"Yeah."

"Well, after the glow died down, I was the only one standing and both you and Tien were laying on the ground. I kept watch over you until you woke up, at the same time as well."

"I think we need to ask the others about this," Tien said before Videl could respond. "I have an idea but I want to be sure about it before I say anything."

The android nodded. "I have one too but it can wait."

"Care to tell me what these theories are, gentlemen?" Videl asked.

"You'll learn about it soon," the bald bodyguard responded.

That caused the girl to growl. "You two are just as bad as Gohan."

After that, the three continued on their hunt, reaching a room that held an altar in it.

A small set of steps stood in front of a podium that covered most of the chamber; a tall stone pedestal situated at its center. On the pedestal sat a large stone ring, one big enough to be mistaken for a headband. Actually, that could've been what it was. On it, a symbol fairly close to the eye that appeared on the podium that Tien had stood on.

"That looks like the thing in that nightmare room," Videl commented.

"There must be a common link between them," Sixteen surmised.

Picking it up, Tien looked at the other two and said "We got what we came for, now lets get out of here."

"So you got the goods?" Goten asked as the three humans boarded the ship.

Holding the ring up, Tien gave the saiyan all the answer he needed. Heading towards the control room, he sat in one of the chairs, sighing deeply.

"Something happened?" Gohan asked as he leaned back in one of the pilot chairs.

"You could say that," the bald human answered. Looking towards the fighter, he suddenly asked "Did anything peculiar happen to you when you went into the cave that you ran into Gero?"

"Depends on what that peculiar is."

Looking towards Videl, the bodyguard nodded his head for her to tell the event. "We walked into a room and had nightmares," the girl said. "But the thing was, they were of some traumatic times for us."

Immediately, Gohan jerked his head to look at Trunks and Goten, all three paling.

"You had one of those too?!" Videl screeched. "Why didn't you say anything?!"

"Videl, calm down," Tien spoke up. "No one knew that something like this would happen. It was possible that they thought it would be better if they didn't worry us about it."

Gohan immediately jumped at that explanation. "He's right. Would it have done any good to mention something that could've been nothing?"

"Well it is something!" the Satan girl snapped.

Deciding to head off the inevitable argument, Tien said "What did you three see? Were they like memories or something?"

The oldest saiyan's eyes narrowed. "You could say that."

"Which memory?"

"The time I first became a Super Saiyan."

A slight irritation began to show on the bald human's face. "And did something different from what actually happened occur?"

That seemed to stun the saiyan a bit. "Yeah, I suppose. I was staring into the lake when my reflection turned into Jenemba and he attacked me."

"And you two?" Tien asked as he turned to the younger saiyans.

"I was fighting Android Nineteen," Trunks answered. "Then I went to this weird dream world place, but instead of seeing my dad, it was Frieza and he was taunting me. I tried to fight him but he just toyed with me until he decided to kill me."

After that, everyone looked towards Goten. "Mine was when me and Trunks thought Gohan was dead on Vegeta."

"You were dead?!" Videl interrupted.

"Not now," the Son boy replied. "I'll tell you later."

"You better."

"As I was saying," Goten said, a bit annoyed, "my dream was when the two of us thought Gohan was dead. We moped for awhile until we felt Gohan and Piccolo coming. Gohan was there but instead of Piccolo, it was Bojack. I tried to protest him joining our group and that pirate killed Gohan. Trunks tried to attack and he killed him too. Then he tried to kill me and that's when I woke up."

"Is it just me or do these nightmares have something to do with our pasts?" Trunks suddenly spoke.

"I think that's the point you wanted us to get," Gohan said, looking towards Tien.

"You got it," the human replied. "Everyone that's had these nightmares has had them focused on some sort of memory they had; each one dealing with a significant point in that person's life."

"What's the purpose of that?" Goten asked.

"Could be a booby trap," Gohan suggested.

"Maybe a warning," Trunks added.

"A warning?" Videl said.

Trunks turned to look at the girl. "Would you leave something that could alter the very universe unguarded? It's possible those nightmares are telling us to turn back or something."

"A valid possibility," Sixteen agreed.

"But that won't stop us," Goten said. "We've got too much riding on this."