Disclaimer - Still don't own DB/Z/GT/Super but I'll let you know if that changes... though it's pretty unlikely that it will :(

A/N - New chapter up! Hope everyone who's reading this story so far enjoys it, working on chapter 10 right now but if I get that finished by next week then I'll upload chapter 9 on Friday.

Previously on Dragon Ball C...

Gohan searched through the last village and found Elder Mooris' body, he also found a Namekian who was still alive, but barely.

"Save N-Namek, I beg you"

"You have my word, I promise you we're going to save this planet"

Gohan made him a promise that he would save Namek and try and find his brother, a big promise to make.

"W-What the..."

"Looks like the enemy found our ship"

Getting back to the ship they discover that Pan, Goten and Trunks have been captured by the enemy, looks like a rescue mission is about to take place, today...

Chapter Eight - Rescue Mission

Gohan was at a loss for what to do, his little girl had been taken from him, his little Panny. Was she hurt? Was she alive? He couldn't stop those thoughts from crossing his mind, he had no idea who'd been in the fight that had obviously occurred here earlier. The idea was that she'd be safer here on the ship than going with them to the villages, but he was dead wrong, he never should have left Pan and the others.

Now they were all in the enemies hands and who knew what that would entail for them, he knew one thing for sure though, if he didn't get to them soon something terrible would happen to them.

He was still holding onto Pans' gold bracelet that he'd found on a chair leg. Something must have happened to her for it to be hanging there, he remembered her wearing it before he'd left the ship and he doubted she had taken it off, she never took it off. Staring at it gloomily he gave a heavy sigh then slumped into the chair next to him, momentarily losing the will to fight. Having had enough of this Vegeta stopped what he was doing and made his way over to the half-Saiyan.

"Stop moping around, my son was taken too!" Vegeta growled out, disgusted by the half-Saiyans' behaviour.

"Well we're not all cold-hearted like you Vegeta. I actually care about my child!" Gohan responded, annoyed at how carefree the Saiyan prince was acting.

The next thing he knew; he was being slammed against the nearest wall causing loads of little cracks to appear and some of the wall to crumble and fall. Vegeta was holding him up, keeping him pressed to the wall and was glaring right at him.

"Listen here brat, just because I don't have a moping session when I find out the enemy has my child doesn't mean I don't care about my son. We're both Saiyans and Saiyans don't show their weakness, so stop being a disgrace and do something about it!" he shouted in the half-Saiyans ear, leaving a ringing noise in its wake.

Vegeta dropped him to the ground and walked back over to the footprints he'd been checking out, trying to see if he could track down the enemy. Gohan rubbed the back of his head and started getting back to his feet, Piccolo giving him a hand. He made his way to the footprints Vegeta was checking out and coughed nervously to get his attention.

"What?" Vegeta asked in an annoyed tone of voice.

"I... nothing..." Gohan answered, deciding that apologizing to him would only make the Saiyan prince more angry, besides which that would also be showing weakness.

Piccolo joined them and decided to voice what he thought the best course of action should be, "I think we should follow that theory we had about them hiding on the outskirts of the planet... but this time we shouldn't split up" he added the last part quickly as he noticed Vegeta was about to stand up - probably to set off without them, again.

Vegeta huffed and folded his arms but remained where he was, scowling. Gohan nodded his head in agreement to what his friend was suggesting, it wasn't a good idea to split up again, especially since it seemed as though they were going for the weakest fighters first. After all, when they landed on Namek it was thought to be in a safe area, it wasn't until they left the ship that the enemy attacked the kids. Were they scared to fight all of them at once?

"Agreed. We don't know how many Saiyans' are on this planet and we still need to figure out what they want, I doubt this was done for the fun of it. There's something about this planet that they're interested in and we need to find out what that is and put a stop to want they want" Gohan said to them.

"But why kill all the Nameks, what could they possibly gain out of doing that?" Vegeta asked no one in particular. His question reminded Gohan of something that the Namek had said to him earlier.

"They haven't killed all the Nameks though" Vegeta and Piccolo looked at the half-Saiyan in confusion so he continued. "The Namek before said that the enemy was recruiting them, taking all the Namekians who could fight and were strong, the rest they killed"

"Wait, you're saying that Saiyans are recruiting Nameks? That's absurd, Saiyans are a strong warrior race and Nameks are nothing but weak, pathetic -" Vegeta was saying before he was interrupted.

"And yet planet Namek is still here, tell me Vegeta; where's your precious Saiyan planet now?" Piccolo asked smugly. The only reply he got was Vegeta giving him a death glare, he remained quiet after that and let the others do the talking.

"So anyway, there has to be a reason for why he's recruiting, he could be building up an army but the question is what or who's going to be his target?"

"I guess we'll find out when we find him, right now our main concern is breaking into their hideout and rescuing Pan, Goten and Trunks. After that we'll stop whatever plan they're trying to accomplish" Piccolo said, wanting to head out now and finish the mission. There was no point in hanging around in here any longer, there was nothing else here that would help them find the enemy.

"Vegeta did you have any luck with the footprints?" Gohan asked him, hoping that this would help them in searching for the hideout.

"It's faint but I can sense a power level coming from them, it's not one I recognise though so it's not any of the brats which means it doesn't really help us much. If it were theirs it would've been easier to track and locate them, I don't think it'll work the same for the enemy"

Gohan was a bit disappointed that they didn't have anything to help search for them, until a thought occurred to him. "What about this? Would this help?" he extended his arm out and opened his right hand, there laying spread out on his palm was the bracelet.

Vegeta took it out of his hand and examined it closely, checking to see if Pans ki was still on it. The other two waited as patiently as they could while this was happening, this was their last hope of finding them quickly and the quicker they found them the less they'd have to endure while in the enemy's hands.

"It's there!" Vegeta shouted causing Gohan and Piccolo to smile, glad that things were finally working in their favour.

"We can't wait any longer, we need to set off now" Piccolo ordered.

Gohan and Vegeta nodded their heads and the three made their way out of the ship, going as fast as they could. Once outside they waited while Vegeta sensed which direction Pans' ki was in, then they took off into the sky. 'Don't worry Panny, I'm on my way' Gohan thought to himself.

A few hours of flying later they noticed something on the east side of the planet, something big that almost blended in with the cliffs. That's where they sensed Pans' ki which is how they noticed the thing to begin with. By the look of it Gohan guessed it was some kind of spaceship, and it was enormous, maybe three times bigger than the one Goku had Mr Briefs build that they were using now. It was the same colour as the cliffs and rocks surrounding it, but they couldn't tell whether that was its original colour or if the ship changed its colour to blend in with its surroundings.

It appeared the area was safe, nobody was guarding the ship from the outside which was a relief for them, that meant that they could sneak inside and rescue the others without being noticed - well that was the plan anyway, whether it worked out that way or not depended on how things went on the inside. They began making their way stealthily towards the ship, keeping their guard up in case there was an ambush.

A few minutes later they reached the ship and quickly started looking for a way to get inside. After not seeing a door anywhere at the front Gohan decided to look around the back while Vegeta and Piccolo checked elsewhere, it was agreed though, nobody set foot onto the ship alone.

It wasn't long before Piccolo noticed something while he was staring at one of the cliffs at the side of the ship, there seemed to be a symbol carved into its surface, a circle inside a circle with a single dot in the centre. He brushed his finger across it to clear the dust that was covering it then studied the symbol carefully. For some reason it seemed familiar to Piccolo, like he'd seen it before, but he couldn't think where.

"Hey Gohan, Vegeta, I think I've found... something?" he wasn't really sure what to call it, but, there was no doubt in his mind that this was connected to everything that was going on here on Namek, it couldn't just be a coincidence that this had been carved right near the enemy hideout. The other two appeared at his side in an instant to see what he'd found.

"Yes Namek it's a pretty picture now can we get back to what we actually came here for?" Vegeta asked him angrily, not happy that he'd been called for something so insignificant, "If you're interested, I think I've found a way to get inside"

"You have?" Gohan asked him, having more interest in what Vegeta was saying rather than the strange thing Piccolo had found. Not wanting them to leave just yet Piccolo spoke up and tried to explain why the thing he'd found was important - but it was hard to do when he himself didn't exactly know how it was all connected.

"Listen you two, I don't know what it is but I have a really bad feeling and I think this has something to do with it" he told them, gesturing to the symbol in front of him. The other two looked a bit sceptical, sure it was kind of strange for a single carved symbol to be near the spaceship but that didn't necessarily mean it was part of something bigger.

Gohan took a look at the symbol to see if he could make out what it was, but it didn't seem likely that he'd know anything about it, after all this was a completely different planet they were on from Earth, chances are it was ancient Namekian writing. He turned to Piccolo with an apologetic look on his face.

"Sorry Piccolo, I'd like to investigate it further but we really need to hurry and find Pan, Goten and Trunks. After we've finished doing what we came here to do we'll come back to this and study it some more"

Piccolo gave a single nod of his head but remained silent, worrying about the symbol. He was positive that it meant something bad but he couldn't remember what it was. Moving away from the cliff he followed after an annoyed Vegeta who was rather irritated with all these forestallments that were delaying him from fighting. Gohan trailed behind them, scanning the area, something wasn't right. He had a bad feeling all of a sudden.

Landing quietly inside the ship through a hatch in the roof, they straightened up and looked around the dimly lit hallway they were in, not quite understanding what they were seeing. Judging by how everything in here looked; it would appear they were in a cave, but they knew they weren't, the thing they'd entered was most definitely a ship. Instead of clean white walls like they were expecting the walls were a reddy brown colour, with bits crumbling off every so often, Gohan placed a hand on the wall and found that it was made of solid rock. It looked as though it was caked in red sand, and apparently so was his hand now. Dusting his hand to remove the sandy texture he noticed that the floor also had a layer of sand covering it but this was more brown than red, it was certainly a strange place to find sand in Gohans' opinion.

"Let's just hurry up and find them already, I can't be seen in a place like this!" Vegeta told them venomously, leading the way forward into the unknown. The other two followed after him, rolling their eyes at the princes' behaviour.

They followed the path ahead of them, using the flaming torches fixed on either side of the walls to light their way. This place had an eerie feel to it, other than the flaming torches there was no other source of light, everything in front of them except a few feet was enveloped in complete darkness. Gohan didn't like this, they had no idea what they could walk into, no idea what was up ahead of them, but he had a feeling that something was going to happen when they reached wherever this path was leading them.

Continuing on for awhile longer they eventually saw something up ahead of them, it appeared to be light, which told them they were coming to the end of this hallway. Relieved that they were getting closer to the others and apprehensive about what they were walking into, they took the last remaining steps in the hallway and ventured into the next part of the ship cautiously.

What they entered into surprised them more than the hallway did, it seemed mind boggling that this place could even fit inside the ship. They had walked into what could only be described as an underground chamber, this place was huge, compared to this room the Z-Warriors were tiny. It was the exact same texture and look of the hallway, red sand covered the floor, walls, the rocks and boulders that lay scattered all across the room. But there were also some things different like all the stalagmites that hung from the ceiling that you could barely see from down on the floor and stalactites came up from the ground all around the edges of the room, acting as a sort of fence that kept you from leaving.

In the centre of the room was an enormous pit that looked to be about 10 ft deep. Curious, the three flew down there to investigate, wondering why this pit was here, especially since this was still in fact a ship they were in. Although, doubt was starting to creep into their heads about that, after all none of this would fit inside a ship no matter how big they made it.

"Well what do we have here?" a male voice asked. Gohan and the others stopped walking and looked around, searching for the owner of the voice. They didn't have to search for long, up ahead of them on a stone bridge stood five figures shoulder to shoulder, it seemed they had been waiting for them to arrive, like they were expecting them.

"I'd say three more prisoners wouldn't you?" the female of the group asked, turning to their leader. She turned back and studied the Z-Warriors in turn. Stopping at Vegeta her eyes widened in surprise.

"Sir, check out -" she began.

"Leave it. I will report this to him later" the man cut in before she could finish what she was saying, not wanting Gohan, Vegeta and Piccolo to overhear what they were talking about.

"Very well"

"You seem pretty confident... for a woman" Vegeta commented, referring to what she'd first said, "I hope you don't think I'll go easy on you because of that little fact" he taunted, obviously not noticing the little exchange that had occurred.

"Ha Ha, you're nothing but a monkey. Maybe when you're inside one of our cells I'll give you a banana for your efforts" the female responded, causing Vegeta to growl in annoyance.

"Fight now?" the question was asked by the figure on the other side of the leader, he had a big build from what Gohan could make out, he looked to be the strongest of the group, but was he? The three readied themselves in case the leader ordered them to start fighting.

"Not yet I haven't finished talking with them" the leader told him, wanting to have some fun with them first. Gohan relaxed slightly and decided to step in before more banter was thrown around, and before there was no more time for talking.

"If you're up for talking how about telling me what you've done with the three people that were on a ship west from here"

"Hmm west from here... oh do you mean those children you abandoned? They're here somewhere... or are they dead? I guess we'll never know"

"Tell me where they are!" Gohan shouted loudly to him. He wasn't in the mood to play games and he wasn't liking what the man was saying. The man responded by laughing at the half-Saiyan, clearly enjoying his reaction to what he'd said.

"You didn't say the magic words" he said tauntingly, wagging his finger at the half-Saiyan to try to get him all riled up, it seemed to be working as well; Gohans' response to this proved just that.

"Tell me where they are or I'll make you!" Gohan growled out in a threatening way. All that ended up accomplishing was some more laughter from the man.

"My, those aren't the magic words"

"Fight now?" the bulky one asked again, itching to start the fight.

The leader sighed deeply, getting annoyed with his lackey "Yes Donage, you can fight them now" the moment he gave the OK to attack, the fighter named Donage sprung off the bridge into the air then shot towards the Z-Warriors at lightning speed. He landed heavily on the ground in front of them, the ground cracking from the impact.

"Now let's see, which one should I attack first?" he asked himself aloud. He pointed his index finger at each of them in turn. "Hmm...eenie meenie miney mo...you!" his finger stopped at Vegeta who looked disgusted at the very idea of fighting with him.

"You're my opponent" Donage said cheerfully, walking past Gohan and Piccolo and making his way towards the Saiyan prince, who backed away in revolt.

"Are you kidding me, I have to fight that imbecile?!" he barked out, hoping that one of the others would switch opponents with him when they got theirs, anyone else would be better. Gohan gave him a look of sympathy, poor Vegeta, he always ended up with the weird ones. Piccolo on the other hand had a smug look on his face, glad that he didn't have to fight the big stupid one.

It seemed Vegetas' comment had hurt Donages' feelings because he'd lost all traces of jolliness at once the moment those words had come out of the Saiyan prince's mouth. Tears began to form in the bulky fighters eyes and he was sniffling loudly, Gohans' thoughts of him being the strongest fighter flew out the window as he watched him struggling not to cry.

"Y-You're a bully, what did I ever do to you?" Donage screamed through his sobs.

"Can someone get this child away from me? I want to fight someone who's worthy of my time, not someone who's going to cry like a baby because of some name calling"

"Oh, you shouldn't have said that" the leader told Vegeta, smiling at the predicament the prince was about to be in.

Before Vegeta could question what he meant by that his attention was caught by Donage who flung his cloak to the floor and began powering up. The Z-Warriors took in his appearance while he was busy, he clearly wasn't a Saiyan, his skin was light green, a sickly kind of green. His body looked as though it had been chiselled out of marble with huge muscles all over his body, scars were visible everywhere telling them that he was an experienced fighter. Gohan and Piccolo thought he looked a lot like a taller and bulkier version of Garlic jr, maybe they were the same species, but then why was he working for Saiyans?

They all watched as his muscles began to bulge and expand, growing bigger and bigger by the minute, his body expanding until his head almost broke through the ships rocky ceiling. His skin had become a darker green during his transformation, so much so that it was on the verge of being black, with scales covering his entire body. Now they were definitely certain he was the same species as Garlic jr, there was no mistaking it, after all he'd done a similar transformation when Gohan and Piccolo had last fought him, and they looked almost exactly the same.

Gohan was about to shout out a warning to Vegeta telling him no to underestimate Donage, but before he could Donage charged at the Saiyan prince catching him off guard with his speed, he smashed a fist down on Vegeta who managed to dodge in the nick of time by rolling to the right, but he wasn't prepared for the foot that hammered him into the ground face first.

"Am I worthy of your time now?" Donage asked - in a much deeper voice than his original one - while pushing Vegetas' head deeper into the ground with his enormous foot, rendering him speechless and unable to breath. He lifted his foot off and held it above the Saiyans' head, just when Vegeta was about to lift his head up out of the ground Donage slammed his foot back down, sending Vegetas' head smashing back into the dirt. Donage continued stomping on his head for awhile, getting into a rhythm, listening to the pathetic Saiyans muffled voice as he tried speaking.

There was a pause on Donages' stomping as one of Vegetas' hands shot up and caught the oncoming foot. Donage stared in confusion as his knee came up towards him, his foot getting lifted up as Vegeta got back onto his feet. He dusted himself off with his free hand then grabbed hold of Donages' foot so both hands were gripping tight, then he gave a grunt as he pulled and began swinging Donage around in a circle. He swung, and swung until he picked up enough momentum and then released him. Donage sailed through the air and would've landed straight on his leader, but just before he hit the leader phased out of view and reappeared once Donage flew past and became embedded in the wall behind.

"Watch what you're doing fool!" he yelled to the giant who was struggling to free himself from the wall, right now he was hanging upside down and looked like he was trying to make a snow angel. 'How embarrassing' the leader thought to himself.

"Sorry sir" Donage whimpered. "Larkin? Could you give me a hand?... I-If it's not too much trouble" he asked as politely as he could, not wanting to anger Larkin any more than he already had. Sighing once again today, Larkin powered up a ki blast in his hand then shot it towards Donage who yelped before the blast struck him. When the smoke cleared Donage was laying on the floor with his eyes screwed shut, he opened them slowly when he realised that he was still alive.

"Now get back out there and capture him for me, I don't care if you have to beat him to death just do it!" Larkin ordered, grabbing Donage by the arm and throwing him back down in the pit where Vegeta was waiting for him with his arms folded and a smirk on his face. Donage landed a few feet in front of him thinking that he was intimidating the proud Saiyan... until he realised that he'd landed on his bottom and was having to look up at him.

Vegeta rolled his eyes then shot a barrage of blasts at his opponent who didn't have time to dodge all of them, while Donage was shielding himself with his arms against the blasts Vegeta phased behind him and sent a kick to the small of his back causing him to fly forward and scrape across the ground face first with his bum sticking up in the air.

"Shoot the target, win a prize" Vegeta stated humorously. He powered up a strong ki blast, stronger than the other ones and fired it at Donages' behind, the blast made contact and Donage sprung up into the air holding his behind and trying to cover up the hole that had been made from the attack.

"I don't believe this, is Vegeta really playing with this guy? He's treating it as though it's not a real fight, like they're not the enemy" Gohan voiced to Piccolo, both watching the fight taking place with puzzled expressions drawn on their faces.

It appeared their leader Larkin wasn't too pleased with how things were progressing either, why was Donage just messing with the Saiyan? They were on a deadline, they couldn't afford to waste any more time. He groaned loudly as he watched Donage trying to blow on his bum to stop the stinging from the blast, then turned towards his other followers, "What are you waiting for, an invitation? Attack them"

"Yes sir" the female responded before jumping down from the bridge and landing in the pit where the others were standing, sensing a power level near them Gohan and Piccolo turned to see which one had come to join the fight, they both looked at each other and moaned when they saw that it was a woman.

"Right" the tallest one of the group replied a second after the female, soon he joined his team-mate in the pit staring down the other two Z-Warriors. No one moved except Vegeta and Donage who were continuing their fight on the other side of the pit, Donage currently having the upper hand.

Vegeta went crashing into a far wall disappearing from view, Donage followed after him until neither one of them could be seen, seconds later there was an explosion and the wall that they'd gone through before came tumbling down, rocks raining down onto the ground. There was movement as one of the boulders began to shake, a moment later it shattered into a million pieces and standing in it's place was Vegeta who was covered in dust. He looked around for Donage but couldn't see him anywhere, he tried sensing for him but for some reason that wasn't working.

He was about to take off into the air to search for him that way, but before he could an elbow jabbed into his spine followed by a knee to his tail bone, which unfortunately for him happened to be a weak point for Saiyans, even if he didn't have a tail anymore. Vegeta cried out as a wave of pain shot through him, paralysing him momentarily. Once he regained movement he swung blindly for Donage but he'd already moved aside and fired a fist straight to the side of Vegetas' head, sending him flying a few feet.

Vegeta cursed under his breath, this was getting annoying, he was an elite warrior and he was getting thrown around by a hooligan and not only that, but a stupid hooligan. He thought about started to get serious about this fight but quickly banished that thought, he wanted the fight to draw out, maybe then the one in charge of everything happening here would reveal himself and he could fight him, instead of wasting his time on these pathetic fighters.

Wiping the blood from the side of his head, Vegeta powered up slightly, just enough to be on an even level with his opponent, then he prepared himself as Donage came straight at him, firing punch after punch towards the Saiyan. He dodged most of the punches and deflected the rest with ease, keeping up with Donages' speed this time. He waited until he saw an opening then drilled his fist into the enemies gut causing him to double over and cough up saliva.

Vegeta grabbed hold of Donages' arm and flipped him over his shoulder, he landed painfully onto his back and could only watch as Vegetas' foot stomped onto his face seconds later. A loud crack rang out as Donages' nose broke from the impact, he spat out a few of his teeth then rolled to avoid Vegetas' foot as it came back down.

Donage lunged at Vegeta causing them both to fall to the floor, using his weight to his advantage Donage pinned Vegeta to the ground then sent a barrage of punches towards his chest and stomach, putting full power behind each hit. No one damaged his beautiful face and lived to tell the tale. He kept it up, satisfied that each punch brought the Saiyan pain, and it showed on his face.

Vegeta was growing tired of this, he couldn't keep his anger bottled inside for long. This imbecile was making Vegeta look weak, and he was anything but. 'If he continues with this I'm going to lose it!' Vegeta thought to himself angrily. It seemed Donage hadn't picked up the slowly building power level coming from Vegeta, getting stronger with each hit he was dealt, the others noticed it though and knew they needed to back away from them quickly.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Vegeta bellowed out suddenly, his power erupting out of him in waves, his black hair was replaced with golden yellowy hair, his eyes no longer black but teal. He stood there in his super saiyan form, a golden aura surrounding him and blowing away pieces of rubble. Donage was thrown to the other side of the pit by the sheer force of his power, he crashed through a boulder and disappeared from sight.

"I'm done being thrown about by a weakling like you, this time I fight for real. Now get up and fight!".