Gohan and Piccolo were slowly picking up their sparring match. When one would put a little extra oomph in an attack, the other tried that much harder. The fight had reached the point where all the Z Fighters started to sense the increase of power.

"Not bad, Kid."

"Did you think I sat on the couch the whole time?"

Piccolo just nodded at his former student. Gohan started to explain that he got back into shape and was back into the groove of things. The two were throwing comeback after comeback and completely missed the situation unfolding. Seemingly out of no where an arm clothes lined both Namekian and Saiyan at a blinding speed.

The armed missile continued to fly and eventually driving the warriors into the ground of a forest.

"Targets: Engaged."

"Shit…are you ready for this, Gohan?"

The Saiyan nodded and both of them powered up to their max powers.

Goku and Vegeta were keeping a close eye on Goten while Bulma and Trunks tried to find away to trace back to the kidnapper's lair. Goten was bouncing back and forth between Super Saiyan and his base as Goku and Vegeta were arguing on the best way to train.

"Kakarot, if his Super Saiyan form isn't a big increase it becomes useless!"

"But Vegeta if he isn't able to hold it for long periods of time the boost is pointless!"

The two full-blooded Saiyans were on the verge of head butting each other. Goten knew they were making up excuses to keep him from looking for Marron. Again. Goten did have some sort of feelings for one of his best friends, but it was the fact he couldn't tease her at school, pop into her bedroom when is doing homework, or pretend drop her when they flew around. It was almost like the friendship that kept Goten from becoming like his father or Vegeta, people who are trying to be prepared to save the world all the time.

"How about we train both?"

Goten's interjection was both peace keeping and intelligent, but he was going to be exhausted by the end. That is when the three of them felt the massive flux in power from Gohan and Piccolo.

Piccolo was fighting the orange haired cyborg as Gohan blasted him with a barrage of ki spheres from the back. None of their attacks were working as Sixteen countered with heated attacks of very different fighting styles. "Protocol 7: Violence." Sixteen's voice was mechanical but Gohan could feel the venom in his tone. Sixteen attacked Gohan is a blinding speed with mixes of Kung Fu, Muay Thai, and other styles he has never seen before.

The former Mentor/Student duo worked together in an attempted to slow down their opponent. The cyborg called out his next move, "Null." Sixteen went back to his normal mode when a small black haired, onyx eye child was floating in front of his face.

"Hiyah! I'm Pan!"

Videl could feel the odd sensation of danger, but knew Gohan and Piccolo could handle it. She wandered around the house aimlessly, and for whatever reason she ended up in Pan's room. The little Quarter-Saiyan was sound asleep in her empty bed with the covers thrown off, just as Videl left her an hour or so ago.

Blue eyes shot around the small room in worry. Videl floated into the air, zipping around the house looking for her daughter. Tears were held in the woman's eyes, refusing to let fall until she could hold Pan close. Like the heartbeat from her ultrasound little over five years ago, Videl felt Pan's aura flux. She was with Gohan and Piccolo…

Gohan pulled himself out of the dirt in panic, Sixteen had swatted him away when he tried to save Pan. The cyborg was intrigued by this small child.

"Son Goku?" His sensors sent a buzz telling him 'No.' "Son Goten?" Again, No. Pan could see herself in the right eye of Sixteen as he trued to trace Pan's lineage. She was making funny faces and blowing spit bubbles. One really big bubble popped sending some saliva onto the orange headed man.

[Assault!]

Piccolo came out of no where and grabbed Pan, he flew them to Gohan before setting the young child down. Pan was giggling completely unaware of the danger at hand. Gohan set her behind a bolder as he and Piccolo went to fight once more. They were fighting as hard as they could but nothing made a difference to the mecha-man. The super cyborg locked on to the boulder that Pan was behind. His left hand started to heat up and glow orange, "Hell… Flash!"

Pan poker her head just above the boulder to see what she thought was the sun. Gohan yelled out in pain, his daughter was never going to survive that. In a blink of an eye Piccolo appeared on top of the boulder and telekinetically tossing Pan into her fathers arms. Piccolo smiled at his former student before he was engulfed in the sphere from Hell. Gohan stood there in helpless distraught…

Goku, Goten, and Vegeta all felt Piccolo's ki signature fade, then Gohan's rise to almost Goku's level at Super Saiyan 3. "W-what just happened?" Goten was almost afraid to ask it out loud. Goku's facial expression hardened out of anger. Vegeta just clasped his shoulder as Goten looked between the two adult Saiyans. The teen quickly grabbed his father at the last second as they instantaneous transmitted to Gohan's location.

When the three of them arrived they saw Pan crying and Gohan in a blind rage pounding on Sixteen. His aura was a pale white with dark blue lightning shrouding him like a cloak. His pupils where white in pure rage, it was like he was so angry he made himself blind. Sixteen blocked each punch that Gohan threw. Gohan's punches sent blasts of ki through the cyborg.

Goten ran over to the crying Pan and called for the flying Nimbus, "NIMBUS!" A golden cloud spiraled towards the group at speeds that weren't achievable. It stopped in front of Goten without fail. The teen placed Pan on the cloud, "Uncle Goten, w-what about-…"

"Not now Pan, Nimbus get her home!"

Pan yelled as the golden cloud sped away. Goten looked to the fight, Gohan was actually hurting the cyborg. Sixteen's shoulder had a small hole in it and a few wires started to spark.

"Protocol 2: Lust"

Sixteen pushed Gohan back as artificial winds started knocking him back and forth as Sixteen flew around in a tornado like pattern. Gohan took a kick straight into his back, power fading and his greenish eyes reverted back to black. Gohan landed face down on the ground completely drained and in pain from Piccolo's death.

Goku and Vegeta decided now was the time to step in, "Tsk, your brat is making too many mistakes!" The two Saiyans transformed straight into Super Saiyan 2. "Ready?" They both nodded as they vanished knocking their intended target out of his path. Vegeta charged the orange haired cyborg with a rush of punches. Sixteen used his vent hands to push his way out of Vegeta's assault. It worked, just long enough to fly into a combo from Goku.

Goku hit Sixteen with a kick, a punch, followed by an elbow. He finished his attack with a quick fired Kamehameha to his opponent's chest. "Protocol 3: Gluttony." Sixteen's hands switched back into the Gero absorbing gems, he started to absorb Goku's ki but Vegeta came in kicking the cyborg back a few yards.

"He is like that marshmallow I killed back before Cell!" Vegeta growled as Goku started to build his power back up. Goku looked at Vegeta, they planned their moves without words and Goten was a little jealous at the way his father and Vegeta fight as one. The two Super Saiyans dashed at Sixteen with fists cocked back. Once Sixteen was in over his head with two attackers, Goku and Vegeta threw a punch that stunned the cyborg.

Goku dropped back building his power as high as he could go, ascending to the next level of Super Saiyan. Vegeta kept their opponent busy so Goku could reach Super Saiyan 3. Sixteen watched as his sensors started to whack out because of Goku's tremendous power. "Protocol 7: Violence." Sixteen blocked every attack Vegeta threw at him. Vegeta lunged at the super cyborg with his left arm jousting a punch at the orange haired warrior. Sixteen did not dodge the attack but he swiftly wrapped his arm around the Saiyan's and broke his arm like an uncooked pasta noodle.

Goku exploded as his hair fell back, long and full of spikes, he glared at the enemy. Vegeta fell to the ground and reverted to his base form. Sixteen locked on to Goku as the two fighters clashed like two gods from an epic. Goku's punches reverberated each time Sixteen blocked or clashed with a punch of his own. Goku found an opening and used all his might to knock Sixteen high into the air. The cyborg caught himself when Goku started following him. His golden aura erupted from his body, shaping into a dragon.

"Dragon! Fis-…" Goku's punch was caught by Sixteen with his ki absorbing gems. The cyborg then grabbed the Saiyan by the face absorbing all his energy. Goku was forced back into his base form and thrown to the side. Goten quickly turned Super Saiyan and caught his father from falling to the ground. "This is bad, kid." Vegeta mumbled as Goten set Goku next to the Saiyan Prince.

"I know. But it is the only way to find Marron."

Sixteen started charging towards Goten, when a man, clad in a suit, kicked him off his path. The saggy haired man stood next to Goten.

"Thanks for stopping by, Lappy." Seventeen let out a 'tsk' to the teen, he would have to straighten him out later.

Marron was woken up by another nightmare, this time it was that monster controlling Goten forcing her crush to kill her. She no longer cried over these dreams as she knew they were not real, the only true upside to this whole prisoner schtick. The large door open with a loud creak and a hard slam. An older woman with platinum blonde hair and a few wrinkles limped over to the cell Marron was caged in.

"Hello dear."

"W-who are you?"

"A doctor. No need to worry."

"Yeah… Being a prisoner, in God knows where, no worries here!" Marron let out her sarcastic snippet to the woman, but it held no backing to it. The doctor coughed as she limped closer to the computer off in the corner of the room. A few clicks and the creepiest giggle Marron had ever heard later the doctor started up some random machine.

"Well I suppose you have a right to know… I am Doctor Lucy Cypher, you are going to be my new vessel."

Marron let out a confused shriek as this Lucy Cypher started to explain her terminal illness and her plans to plant her consciousness into Marron. With this combination she could rule the world and kill Son Goku like her teacher had planned all those years ago.

"Y-you… You are out of your fucking mind!"

"Hey, hey no need for such disturbing language. And yes, I will be out of my mind in some sorts." Dr. Cypher began to crackle in laughter as Marron voiced more objections to the craziest plan ever conceived.

Goten and Seventeen were fighting on either side of Sixteen. Sixteen's Violence Protocol allowed him to take on both fighters. He grabbed both the Saiyan and his fellow cyborg and tossed them aside. Seventeen recovered and sent two pretty big spheres of ki at his formed brother. Goten flew higher than Seventeen, firing a Kamehameha at his opponent. Sixteen tried to switch his Protocol but the three blasts caught him mid change, "NOW!"

Goten and Seventeen rushed the dazed cyborg. His Protocols temporarily down, Sixteen had to eat every hit Goten and Seventeen threw at him. When they had the orange haired cyborg pinned to the ground, unable to break free, Seventeen started his questioning.

"Where is my niece?! Where is MARRON?!"

Trunks and Bulma were working tirelessly on cracking the code. There were times Bulma almost gave up but it seemed that Trunks was as good as her, if not better. Trunks was typing on two keyboards hacking two firewalls at once while Bulma would send a virus to adapt the next firewall. Trunks would be the perfect successor to the Capsule Corp. Empire and Bulma couldn't be any prouder. "I got in. The location is 3 clicks east to where Goten and I were attacked." Bulma was wrong, now she couldn't be more proud.

"Alright, lets inform the others on this."

Trunks quickly dialed the Kame House, then the Son residence, quickly explaining that he found a clue to where Marron is. After everyone agreed to meet at Capsule Crop., Trunks went to his room to prep for a possible battle. He donned a long sleeve shirt and Saiyan armor chest plate, putting a "Bulma-fiber" laced jacket over top. He clasps a belt that has a few capsules attached to it, holding his spare sword and some barriers that himself and his mother made after they learned that Sixteen could absorb their ki. Trunks hears Eighteen and the others come in as he is walking down the stairs.

"W-we are going to get her back?" Eighteen had asked the Saiyan teen, her voice completely shaking for the first time around others. Trunks just nods as he puts his sword, gifted to him by Tapion, on his back. Krillin asked if he could join the Saiyan but Trunks shook his head no, Eighteen felt some relief to his answer.

Dr. Lucy Cypher started to yell and throw things across the room. Marron was confused, afraid what Cypher might do next. "That damned Seventeen! Of course he had to help Goku's brat catch Sixteen…" Marron found it, she had found the hope that she threw away. 'Goten and Uncle Lapis are looking for me!' The blonde tried to hide her excitement so Cypher didn't do anything that would compromise them anymore.

"Should I awaken them?" Cypher asked herself, "No, no they are failures. Corruptions to my life's work…" She mumbled to herself and sometimes snapping at her own ideas. Marron was right. "This bitch is out of her fucking mind!" The teen whispered to herself. Marron quickly clamped her hands over her mouth. 'I'm turing into her!' She thought. Marron shook her thoughts away as Cypher came to a conclusion. She cuffed the teen in these ion infused handcuffs and drug the girl to some huge hanger.

Trunks arrived on the battlefield to see Goten and Seventeen talking with the cyborg they have discovered to be Sixteen. They were on the verge of breaking, but Trunks stepped in. "Goten, Goten! We found the location. You can stop now. She would want you to stop now."

Goten looked at Trunks, his green eyes ablaze, "W-where?"

Trunks showed him the map and the two teens shot off towards the base. Goten's Super Saiyan aura built up even more once Trunks started to explain the connection they found between Sixteen and Marron. Sixteen used to be a brother, before he died trying to protect the Earth and Gohan from Cell. Apparently Gero died along time ago by the hands of Seventeen so it was not him who rebuilt/designed this "Super" Sixteen. Was this the only revival? Trunks only heard half of the stories about Cell but those halves were enough to render Cell as one of the mist dangerous villains that plagued the planet.

The teens were closing in to the destination on Trunks' map. There was a crater in the Earth and a shadow hung above their heads. "I-is that a meteor?"

"No… That is a flying base."

Goten's power spiked as he started to go towards the flying rock. Trunks grabbed his arm, "What do you think you're doing?"

"Going to save Marron!"

"We can't! Not like this at least."

"Why not? Did you get soft in growing up?"

"No, Goten. That is exactly what I did. I grew up, I know when to fight and when to sneak in."

Goten floated there, he knew Trunks was right but, "When are we going to have a chance like this?"

"They are in a flying, fucking fortress. There is no way we can miss it."

That is when a missile was coming for them, it was undetectable on radar but big enough for a blind man to see. Trunks quickly clicked and threw one of the capsules he brought with him. A green shield of energy appeared in front of the two Saiyans. The missile crashed into the shield and caused an explosion that was like a small sun. Goten flew to the Earth, back in his base form, with his gi torn and burnt to shreds. Trunks fell to the ground with jacket in tact but there was a hole in his chest plate where his jacket would stay open at. "W-what...kind of…attack was… that?"

Goten could only cough in response to his friend's question. The Son teen was in a lot worse shape than that of the Briefs was. Bulma's synthetic fibers were pretty amazing and Trunks would never doubt his mother again.

Bulma was drinking another cup of coffee when Trunks' location went silent. Eighteen stared at the screen, she had just gotten the teen killed. She was in such a bad place that her mind went to the worst of the worst scenarios in her head. Marron, Goten, and Trunks are now dead. It was her fault. How could she sent two barely adults to save her baby girl? So they can fuse and are the two of the strongest beings in the galaxy? They were arrogant little snots and always will be in the blonde woman's head.

Krillin stood up and kissed his wife's forehead, "what are you doing?"

"Can't leave those idiots in the dirt. They have to protect the Earth."

"What do you mean?!"

"Well Yamcha gave up fighting a long time ago, I know I have been training but I won't be this young stud forever y'know. Trust me I have asked Shenron. Finally, at the rate Goku and Vegeta are going they'll pass their mantles off to Goten and Trunks while they see who can eat the most."

"How do you know all of this!" Eighteen's anger flare, had she lost that much hope? Krillin smile and went off to Korin's they were going to need a senzu bean or two.

"I'll be back in no time!"

Eighteen froze when she saw Bra and Bulma, the latter smiling, "So you think Trunks could't handle himself?"

"The tracker went dark…"

"The track was suppose to map the way there, they aren't strong enough to take Trunks' max power, let alone his Super Saiyan form."

Eighteen felt ashamed, her fears have taking over all of her actions. When did she become so weak?

Krillin appeared with Goku, Vegeta, and Senzu Beans. Goku's blue gi was in shreds along with Vegeta's training suit. Krillin gave both Goten and Trunks a bean as the teens were healed almost instantly. Groans erupted from each teen as they stood up.

"Did that cyborg guy come and beat you two up again?" Goku asked as he pointed to the rags and jacket. Both Goten and Trunks shook their heads no, "we were hit by a… A nuke?"

Trunks rolled his eyes, "It wasn't a nuke, it was… Painful. It was a ki filled missile of pain!"

Vegeta glared at his son, almost like a knock it off kind of glare. This was serious and now there was a ship that had ki-missiles with the power of a nuke. Marron was not saved and it was coming down to two immature morons to save the day. And hear we though Goku was the clown…

"Say Kakarot, are you sure we should retire?"

"Ah C'mon Vegeta, they aren't that bad!"

"Uh, Dad you really didn't defend us there." Goten interrupted the two adults, but there was a sense that maybe Goku wasn't trying to defend them. Goku instant transmission'd everyone back to Capsule Corp.

Marron was put into a "better"cell than before. She had a view over the edge of the floating base. She watched as a missile hit something or someone. 'What os going on?' Marron thought to herself. Maybe it was the way she was raised, or the people she grew up around but there was no logic in this evil schemes to rule the world and hold on to youth. Isn't that the reason for dragon balls?

Dr. Cypher opened a hanger door as Sixteen limped back in the base. "So, they have the power to damage my Super Sixteen cyborg. How shall I upgrade you now?"

Sixteen did not respond as the menace of a doctor opened up files of blueprints and parts to fix Sixteen. Marron could see all the plans that the doctor went through, with most files stamped: FAILURE. Lucy sent Sixteen down to the workshop as Marron's window started to close. Well so much for room with a view.

Bulma, Trunks, and Dr. Briefs had a plan organized about the giant fort floating in the sky. The teams were Vegeta, Trunks and Seventeen were the distraction. Goten was to stay back as his last outburst didn't end too well. The extraction team was composed of Eighteen, Krillin, and Goku. Once they found Marron Goku was to Instant Transmission back to Capsule Corp. and all would be fine again. Once everyone finished eating the plan was to set in motion.

The plan was set in motion hours later, everyone full and rested. First part was completed as Bulma dropped off Vegeta, Trunks, and Seventeen at the first drop point. The three distractions flew towards the sky base after Bulma was out of sight. Vegeta and Trunks turned Super Saiyan 2 and continued to raise their power to the fullest extent. Super Sixteen with his new fixes and upgrades. The shaggy orange hair was a tad longer, a green chest plate was added that contradicted his onyx mechanical arms. Two extra jets came out of his calves, doubling or tripling his speed as he dashed dashed toward the Briefs Duo.

Vegeta blocked Super Sixteen's new Rocket Punch. Trunks came down with ki embedded in his sword barely damaging the Cyborg if at all. Vegeta then began to charge a purple electric like ball, "Galick Grenade." Both Saiyans vanished as Sixteen was caught in a giant purple explosion. Trunks sheathed his sword while watching his father from the other side of the dust. "Get ready, Son!"

Vegeta started to power up in the Final Flash stance, and Trunks mirrored him. A huge gust blew the dust cloud away and the Cyborg stood there with small singes around his body. "Fools…" The mechanical voice echoed, "You… Won't win… Like that!" Super Sixteen flew up in between the Saiyans.

"Final!" "Big Tree!"

Trunks held his hands together like how a young kid would make a finger pistol and Vegeta had both hands forward.

"FLASH!" "CANNON!"

The two beams flew at Sixteen with an insane amount of speed and power. The golden explosion that came about rivaled the size of the Spirit Bomb that Goku launched at Buu's final form. A wish to Shenron was going to need to happen after this battle. The ball of ki became smaller and smaller before disappearing. Sixteen had absorbed all the ki, making him around four hundred times stronger than before.

"This is bad?"

"This is bad."

"We should run?"

"We DON'T run!"

"Aw c'mon Dad! We should at least hide!"

"Hey kid, you should know that's not how your Dad works." Seventeen was behind Super Sixteen. "He lost to Eighteen two, maybe three times?"

"It was once!"

"Whatever." Seventeen sent a Photon Wave through the left shoulder of Sixteen. Following the attack, Seventeen did a heel drop kick sending the confused Cyborg towards the dirt. "S-Seventeen, how did you hurt him that much?" Trunks was baffled by the way Seven dominated this overpowered reboot of Sixteen.

"Seven…teen?"

[ERROR]

"No data found. Seventeen is false. Nothing is Superior than Sixteen!" Sixteen began to roar chaotically, it reminded Vegeta and Seventeen a lot like Cell did.

"Hey, didn't a cartoon character already do that? Superior Sixteen sounds dumb too."

"How would I know? I'm not five." Trunks bit back at Seventeen. "Also pretty sure that nut case of a Doctor said he was Super."

"They do that too! Who gives all these nut-cases a Doctorate?!"

"Seventeen, Not Now!" Vegeta could barely keep in control when Goten and Trunks would comment back and forth, but Seventeen was supposed to be a grown man now. None of that childish behavior on the battlefield. Super Sixteen locked on to the three combatants.

[Rampaging Rockets: Riot]

Goku, Krillin, and Eighteen had finally snuck onto the airbase. "Aw man! They must be having so much fun!" Goku understood why he was in the 'Sneaky Sneaky Squad' as he put it, but he wanted to fight so badly. "Pssst Krillin. You still keeping up with training?"

"Not now Goku. And yes. Master Roshi wants to pass the Turtl- wait. Tell you later."

Eighteen didn't have it in her to use her glare at them, but she gave a heartbreaking look that shut up the best friends for the rest of the mission. The longer that the trio took, the more circles the ran through. Marron's ki was undetectable. Was she even here? Eighteen became more panicked the longer they were there.

"She is not here."

A voice echoed through the halls over a speaker. Eighteen and Krillin were looking around until they spotted the group of robots stood in their way. Each had a monitor in the abdomen that held the face of Doctor Lucy Cypher. "I had her moved the second that Vegeta was there but not Goku."

"How do you know us by name?" Eighteen demanded. Krillin and Goku got into their fighting stances. The monitors turned black and the trio dashed towards the army of robots. Goku bounced from one to the next without his feet touching the ground, while Krillin fired off a series of ki blasts before following up with a triple roundhouse kick. Eighteen let off a flurry kicks with a Destructo Disk to finish the combo off. As the robots began to set in formation a sudden power source appeared. It was Marron's. Although it was weak, it was undeniable.

"Goku, take Eighteen to Marron and then help out with Sixteen."

"Krill-."

"Don't worry, Babe. We didn't do all that training for nothing you know." Eighteen smiled a little as she and Goku used Instant Transmission to the place where Marron was being held. Krillin decided to unleash the new move he has been working on. He positioned his hands to his side as a beach ball size of blue ki began to form, "Ka… Me… Ha… Me…" The Kamehameha ball had gotten to the size of the Super Kamehameha. Krillin unleashed his full blast against the formation of robots, "HA!"

Goku and Eighteen arrived in a ballroom like area. There was a large red platform in the center. Marron shouted for Eighteen as they ran towards each other. Right as the Mother and Daughter embraced the whole base shook. Goku felt Krillin's power as the cause. "Looks like Krillin can pull off a pretty strong Kamehameha now!" Goku laughed to himself as Marron and Eighteen grabbed Goku's gi. The trio vanished to Krillin, grabbed him, and teleported a few meters away from the battle outside.

What they saw was incomprehensible. Super Sixteen broke Trunks' Sword in half, kicked the Saiyan to the Earth and threw the top half into Seventeen's gut. Vegeta struggled to his feet, "Damn it! I was saving this for Kakarot!" The Prince of Saiyans powered up as far as he could in his Final Flash pose, then bringing the two balls of ki to his left side, he put them into a Galick Gun pose. Vegeta's Super Saiyan 2 lightning began to turn purple as did the center of the ki ball did.

"Final…" Vegeta struggled to keep the attack in check, "Galick…" Goku was surprised that Vegeta had a trump card like this. He quickly went to the opposite side of Sixteen and ascended into a Super Saiyan 3, "Kame… Hame…"

"GUN!" "HA!"

The Super Kamehameha hit Sixteen first, sending him into Vegeta's Golden Purple beam. Super Sixteen blocked the Kamehameha, but took Vegeta's full attack in the back. Vegeta dropped back to his base form and struggled to stand. Trunks quickly flew to his father to help him stand, but Vegeta pushed him off. Marron and Eighteen were huddled around Seventeen while Krillin stood guard of them.

Goku stood at odds with Super Sixteen once more. "This time I won't lose."