Huh, not much of a response to the last chapter. Hopefully this one does better.
When Gohan awoke, he found himself in a less than ideal position. Suspended in air by electrical wires in the middle of a dimly lit room, the saiyan was groggily getting his bearings. He didn't know where he was but it couldn't be a very good place for him.
"It's about time you woke up."
There was that shrilly voice again, the one of Baby's. Jerking his head up, the saiyan warrior was taken back by what he found.
A mechanical nightmare was the best way to describe it. A large thing composed of various scrap metal and the same electrical wires that bounded the saiyan, stood. Though it seemed to need help standing due to a taunt, stray wires leading away from a random place on its body; it watched him with a very familiar blue eyeball. In fact, a whole side of its face looked to be of skin, with some white hair poking out; the complete opposite from the wires covering the other half.
"Baby?" Gohan questioned wearily.
"That's correct," the thing said smugly. "And you got it on the first try too. Perhaps you're not just some dumb monkey after all."
Gohan made to lunge at the deformed Tuffle but soon found himself behind held firmly by his restraints. This only made Baby laugh at his useless attempt. "Aww, did I make the little monkey mad? How naughty of me."
"Just keep talking, Tuffle," the saiyan spat, malice in his voice. "Cause when I get free, there won't be enough of you left to even consider talking when I'm finished with you."
The shrill laughter of Baby echoed throughout the room. "That's what you think! You're in the heart of the Big Gete Star, where I am master! You won't be getting loose anytime soon. As a matter of fact, you'll be lucky to be alive after I've consumed this planet."
Gohan merely glared back.
Taking his silence as if he had made some remark, Baby carried on. "You're probably wondering what I've got in store for you, monkey; and I am one never to disappoint my audience."
"Do your worst, Tuffle."
"Oh, that I will. Before I'm done with you, you'll be begging for death. If I feel merciful, I may grant you the request."
And with that, electricity began dancing around the wires holding Gohan before they became alive with the electric bolts; the saiyan being viciously shocked in the process.
All the Son boy could do was scream.
"Alright; we're here. Now what?"
Staring at a giant grey wall, Trunks, Tien, and Videl floated in midair as they contemplated their next move. It almost seemed they hadn't quite thought that far in their planning.
"Well, we have to get in somehow," Tien said, taking in the sight. "Perhaps we should look for an entrance?"
"And then what? Knock on the door and ask nicely to be let in?" Videl replied sarcastically.
"It was just a thought Videl. No need to be impolite about it."
The Satan girl rolled her eyes. "How about you, Trunks? You got any bright ideas?"
Instead of getting an answer though, the oddly color saiyan remained quiet. It took a few seconds, but when the two humans realized he wouldn't be responding, they turned their heads to see Trunks with his hands out in front of him, his fingers spread out with the tips of his index fingers and thumbs touching.
"Trunks! What are you doing?!" Videl chastise.
"What's it look like? I'm making an entrance," Trunks replied. Before either human could speak then, much to their dismay, the saiyan gathered his ki and fired the ki blast; the ki blast flying straight into the wall and exploding.
When the smoke cleared from the crash site, a gaping hole appeared, just waiting to be used.
"There's your entrance," Trunks said curtly before flying over to his saiyan-made door.
"Gotta hand it to him, he knows how to get things done," Tien commented before he and his pupil followed.
The inside of the place was dark; very dark. It was actually ridiculous how dark it was as the three fighters stumbled around the place. Every so often there would be a dimly lit light but other than that, the three were as blind as bats. It was because of that reason that something snuck up on them and latched onto the Satan girl, crying out "Videl!"
To say Videl was startled was an understatement; the dark headed girl screaming from alarm. Even as Trunks and Tien whipped around to fend off Videl's attacker, the Satan girl was starting to notice the very familiar arms wrapped around her; not to mention the body that was pressing up against her.
Turning her head to look behind her, the daughter of Satan found the blonde head of Erasa as she snuggle her face into the girl's back. "Oh Vi, I was so worried about you!" the blonde exclaimed.
That was when Goten and Sixteen appeared out of the darkness, both looking amused. "I should've known she'd find them before us," the saiyan said.
A small smile crawled onto Sixteen's lips. "Quite right. She must have some sort of sensor for Videl."
"And what took you all so long?" Trunks spoke up, drawing attention from the embarrassed Videl. "I was starting to wonder when you'd show up."
"Gee, I could say the same Trunks," Goten replied cheekily.
"What's that suppose to mean?!"
"Oh you know what it means, sword boy."
"Guys!" Videl interrupted. "We've got bigger problems than you two taking shots at each other. We need to find a ship and get out of here."
"You're forgetting one thing," Goten pointed out.
That confused the Satan girl. What could she be forgetting? They were all here and they needed to find a ship. That should be enough right?
"Hey, where's Gohan?" Erasa suddenly asked.
That's when it hit her. "Wasn't he with you?"
"No, we thought he'd be with you."
A sick feeling grew in the Satan girl's stomach. Where could that boy possibly be?
Smoke was rising from Gohan's body as he panted from the latest shock treatment. All the while, Baby was cackling like a mad man, thoroughly enjoying his torture session. "How do you like that, saiyan?!" he yelled manically. "There's more where that came from! Just say the word and I'll give it to ya!"
Gohan just glared at the twisted man. He was gonna get out of these restraints sooner or later and he'd make the guy pay. He just needed the right opportunity.
"Oh? Cat's got your tongue?" Baby taunted. "Here, let me help loosen it!"
Once again the electricity began to dance over the wires holding the Son boy before the shocking sensation made itself painfully known, sending Gohan into another fit of screaming. It was like his whole body was on fire only worse. Whereas a fire would burn the same spot over and over since there was no way for one to move away from it, the shocking was burning his body in different places repeatedly at the same time.
An eternity passed before Baby relented his torment, allowing Gohan to being the recovery process all over again. However, before anything else could happen, another being made itself known.
"Sire," a mechanized Baby said as he stood in plain sight. "I have disturbing news."
Growling, Baby said "What is it? Can't you see I'm having fun here?"
For a second, Gohan could've sworn the mechanical Baby gulped. "Yes sire, but I think you need to see this. There's a disturbance at the coordinates X5960."
Crossly, the twisted Tuffle gave into the request. In midair to the Tuffle's left, a screen appeared, showing the sight of a ferocious battle.
From what Gohan could see, there appeared to be hundreds of the robotic Babys, much to the saiyan's astonishment. How many of those things were there in this place? If that many could be out fighting, then how many could be inside this planet eating…thing?
However, that thought was pushed aside as a giant ball of green flames erupted, a blinding green light shinning into the room. Once it died down, Gohan's eyes widened in dread.
There on the screen was the last person he had wanted to see. Laughing like a madman was Broly, taking on the army of silver Babys. Destroying them surprisingly easily; a fist breaking through the head of one robot; a foot crushing into the chest of another; even his head was getting into the action as Broly held up one of the Babys and slammed his head into its face, a very defined dent resulting from the blow.
"What is that thing?!" Baby shouted. "How can he be destroying my copies so easily?! Where are the foot soldiers?!"
"Destroyed," the android replied. "They were the first ones to go when he first arrived. We sent them all and he destroyed them just as quickly. That's when we sent your doubles out. You're seeing the battle progressing right now."
"Damn him!" Baby screeched. "Damn him to Hell! I'll destroy that brute if it's the last thing I do!"
Looked like the Tuffle was losing his cool, Gohan noted. Perhaps he should throw some more fuel on the fire.
"Never thought I'd be glad to see Broly," he muttered.
"What was that?!" Baby shouted. "Broly? That's a saiyan name! There's no way a dirty monkey can be doing this!"
"Oh really?" Gohan said, just as he summoned up his ki, a golden aura bursting from his body and shredding the wiry restraints on his body. Landing on the ground in his Super Saiyan form, he immediately focused his energy, letting out a war cry and breaking though the Super Saiyan barrier; ascending to the next level.
As the electricity danced on his body, Gohan saw the android form of Baby rushing at him. That would be its last mistake.
Gathering his energy, he thrust his hand in front of him and fired a huge ki blast, the beam nailing the android head on.
It was a slow process as the energy covered the robotic Tuffle, but it finally paid off as it was engulfed by the energy; an explosion of flames erupting on it.
"Die saiyan!" Baby shouted as electrical wire flew out of nowhere and wrapped around the Ascended Saiyan. To Gohan though, it was merely a desperate attempt to delay his inevitable demise. With a cry, his aura vaporized the wires, much to his opponent's dismay. Then with a quick burst of speed, Gohan disappeared from sight, reappearing in front of Baby's twisted body; his fist firmly implanted in the Tuffle's face.
Due to the force of the punch, the wires holding up Baby's body snapped, dropping him feebly to the ground. The Tuffle could only lay on the ground, just as helpless as a newborn babe, the golden saiyan walking up to him and standing to his side.
"This is the end for you, Tuffle," Gohan deadpanned, looking to be the carrier of death that Baby had feared since his birth. It was then that the saiyan smirked at him. "I told you there wouldn't be much left of you once I've finished with you."
Indescribable rage swelled within the Tuffle. "Damn you! I'll kill you like the dirty monkey you are! Just watch me! I'll—"
Before he could carry on, Gohan raised his hand in front of him, a ball of gathered ki in his hand. It only took a second for the blast to erupt from his hand and consume the pitiful Tuffle, a small explosion followed by a constant cloud of smoke marking his finally resting place.
It had taken awhile but the mixed group of saiyans and humans had finally found what appeared to be a hanger. The only problem was that there wasn't a ship to be had in the whole place; not exactly what they had been hoping for.
Instead, the room was filled with equipment, mostly machines with very interesting looking tools attached to them. To describe most if any of them would've taken a life time; not exactly something they were up to do at the moment.
"So what do we do now?" Goten asked aloud.
"Beats me," Trunks answered. "I guess we're stuck."
"Well, this isn't the place to be stuck."
"You think I don't know that?"
"Not really sure. Do you know that, Trunks?"
Slowly, the humans of the group drifted off. "Looks like we've lost them," Tien commented.
"Unfortunately," Videl said as she rolled her eyes. "They just have the worst timing to be doing that. It's almost as if they hadn't been through a war at all."
"I think that was Gohan's intention," the bald human replied.
"Gohan? Why in the world would he want them acting like that?"
"You'd have to ask him. Who knows what goes on in his mind."
As the two human fighters talked, Erasa drifted off, staring intently on the machinery. "Hey guys?" she called out after awhile. "Could we use any of this to build a ship?"
"What are you talking about, Erasa?" Videl said, a bit low on her patience.
"Well, this place looks like one of those factory places, right? Couldn't we use some of the stuff here to build a ship?" the blond answered.
"Erasa, do you know how long it takes to build a spaceship?"
"No."
"Well it takes a very long time and I doubt we want to be staying here and longer than necessary."
"Hold on," Sixteen piped up suddenly. "I believe Erasa may have an idea."
"Huh?" the Satan girl blinked. "What do you mean?"
"Look at all of the equipment. If what my databases are correct, we could reasonably make a ship here. We just need to find the main computer and access the mainframe," the android explained.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M GAY?!" Trunks shouted.
That comment caught all of the humans' attention as they looked at the arguing saiyans. "I don't think they'll be of much use," Tien said after awhile. "I guess we need to start looking around."
It took awhile, along with the ever escalating verbal attacks from Goten and Trunks, some of which were very colorful; the humans finally found the computer. With Sixteen hovering over it, the android quickly accessed it and began searching for anything that could be of use to them. Fortunately, he found exactly what they wanted shortly and began sending in instructions.
Beside the monitor, a glass window that reached from the floor to the ceiling stood. As Sixteen finished the design requests, robotic arms on the other side of the glass began to move; capturing the attention of the group. Arms that had hands, drills, blowtorches, and other building tools attached were flying at incredible speeds. As the minutes ticked by, a ship similar to the one that had used before crashing on the planet appeared sans any colors other then grey.
"I have to say, this was one of your better ideas, Erasa," Videl conceded after awhile.
"Thanks Vi."
Moments later, the glass wall split at the middle and slide apart, revealing their newly created ship.
"Goten, if you don't shut up about that, I'm gonna make sure you have a one way ticket to see your dad again!" Trunks threatened.
"Hey, it's not my fault you ran away from a nearly nude girl," Goten said smugly.
Erasa immediately went red, much to the amazement of her dark headed friend. "Do they talk about that a lot?" she whispered.
"Yeah, Goten and Gohan tease the living dickens out of him," Videl replied.
Tien then cleared his throat, quite loudly too so as to catch the attention of the teen saiyans. Thankfully it did as they turned their heads to look at him. "Uhh guys; we've got a ship now, so perhaps we can get out of here?"
Both saiyans blinked. "Yeah, I guess we can do that," Goten finally said after awhile.
However, before anyone moved, a violent tremor shook the room, causing everyone to brace themselves; all except for Erasa as she fell to her knees. Once the shaking pacified, both saiyans were looking off in a direction, twin grins on their faces. "I think we've found Gohan," Trunks announced.
"We've got to go get him!" Videl practically shouted, heading towards one of the doors. That plan, however, was stopped as Goten grabbed her by her arm. "That won't be necessary," the boy stated.
"What do ya mean not necessary?" the Satan girl protested.
"Gohan'll be coming to us; me and Trunks will make sure of that," the boy said. "Now go back to the ship and watch us work."
Reluctantly, the dark headed girl gave in, making her way to the ship. In the meantime, both Goten and Trunks went into fighting stances, focusing their kis. With twin war cries, blazing auras surrounded the youths as their power levels skyrocketed.
The gust of wind that resulted from their power up hit their comrades, nearly blowing them off their feet. This time, thankfully, Erasa had latched onto Sixteen before the sudden blast, keeping her from flying into a wall.
It was unreal, the power levels those two were putting out. Between the four humans, they knew their saiyan allies were strong, but that belief was blown clear out of the water. It was incredible how much power they were throwing out.
And if they were this strong, how strong was Gohan?
Finally, their powering up came to an end, yet both saiyan maintained their current levels. It wasn't known for several minutes why they were doing this though; that was until tremors could be felt once more, growing stronger with each one that occurred.
Suddenly, the wall at the far end of the room exploded, a golden Gohan appear soon after, looking around the room. It didn't take long for his eyes to fall upon the powered up Trunks and Goten, and when they did, he immediately dropped out of his Super Saiyan form.
Striding over to them, just as the younger saiyans allowed their powers to drain away, Gohan said "I think we've overstayed our visit, boys. It's time we got out of here before bigger and badder people show up."
"I can agree with that," Trunks replied. "However, there's really not a door to get the ship out of here."
The older saiyan looked around. "I guess we're gonna have to make one then." Looking up to the ceiling, the Son boy gathered his ki as he raised one of his arms over his head. With a cry, he fired a large blast, the beam engulfing the entire roof as it made its journey through all the floors after it. What ever explosions that would've resulted were consumed by the rushing ki until Gohan let up his attack; smoke covering what use to be the ceiling.
After awhile, the smoke dissipated, revealing a large hole that went all the way through the behemoth of a ship; the green sky looking down on the group.
And as Gohan, Goten, and Trunks turned to head towards the ship, they were met by the stunned faces of Tien, Sixteen, Videl, and Erasa. From the looks the three saiyans were receiving, there was only one thing Gohan could say.
"What?"
