Chapter 6: Attack Together

18 slowly opened her eyes. She was looking at a wall that actually a mixture of reds, blues and purples.

18: "Am I dead." (she wondered out loud.)

A voice: "No not dead. At least not yet anyway."

18 sat up: "Dende, it's you. That must mean we're inside its stomach."

Dende: "It's not just us though, Look."

18 looked around and saw a large crowed of Nameks. They were worriers the beast had eaten from previous days.

18: "Okay we have to find a way out of here." (She lifted up her hand ready to blast.)

Dende: "No 18, you can't!"

She stopped in her tracks.

Dende: "If you do that it will bounce all over the place until it hits us."

18: "Well what am I suppose to do then? I refuse to be stuck in here."

She got angry and started to hit areas of the beast's stomach. The surface was hard, but she didn't care. She was mad! She kept hitting them until she surprisingly hit a soft area.

18: "What the heck?"

She moved her hands over the soft spot and discovered it was about the size of a basket ball.

Dende: "What did you find?"

18: "Probably a way out."

Dende: "What do you mean?" (asking looking closer.)

18: "This looks like the jerk's weak point. I bet if I blast if from in here and Trunks blast from the outside it will mean the end for this guy and a way out for us."

Dende: "Really? That's amazing, but how do you know?"

18: "Let's just say I inherited a lot of facts about worldly monsters. Anyway the only problem is there in no way to tell Trunks about this."

Dende: "Yes there is we Nameks have the ability to communicate telepathically to people, but you better be the one to explain, just touch my back and I'll open communications."

Outside the beast's stomach Trunks was having a hard time dodging its attacks.

Trunks: 18 why did you have to get turned into a doll just to give him more power?" (He thought to himself flying and dodging the best he could.)

18: "Excuse me, but I was turned into a doll because I was helping you and you were not going to be able to get out of the way in time!"

Trunks: "18? What's going on? Am I hearing things?"

18: "No it's really me. I'm speaking with you telepathically thanks to Dende. We're traped in the monster's stomach along with a crowed of other Nameks."

Trunks: "Good so you guys are alive. Do you if there is a way out?"

18: "That's what I'm trying to tell you. See I found a weak point in here and I think if we both hit it we can destroy this creep and all of us can escape from here."

Trunks: "Okay then let's give this a try. Just tell me where to aim."

18: "I can't really tell you, but I'm going to blast it from in here so tell me if you see it."

Trunks dodged another attack and as he did flew back a little to get a good view. He saw a flicker of light on the right side of the monster's stomach.

Trunks: "I can see it and I'm ready."

18: "Okay in three..." (18 said lifting her hand towards the marked target.)

Trunks: "Two." (He said as he flew closer opening his hands.)

Both Trunks and 18: "One!" (After they both fired.)

The beast roared for a final time. There was an explosion and smoke. When the smoke was cleared the Nameks and 18 were safely on the ground. Trunks looked at everyone on the ground and was smiling because he saw everyone had made it out safely. He landed near the crowed of Nameks and 18 and Dende emerged from them.

Dende: "You guys did it! That was amazing!"

18: "Yeah I guess it was.." (She said as she put her hand on her head and started to fall.)

Dende caught her and eased her to the ground.

Trunks: "What's wrong with her?"

Dende knelt to the ground: "She used a lot of energy back there. Not only when she was blasting the beast's weak point, but she also made a barrier to make sure all of us landed safely."

Trunks: "She did all that?" (he asked a little shocked.)

Dende: "Yeah, but don't worry, I'll heal her and help restore some of her energy."

Dende put his hands over 18 and they started to glow. Within a couple of seconds 18 opened her eyes. She looked up and saw Dende smiling.

Dende: "You should get up slowly 18 I just used my powers to heal you."

18: "Thank Dende." (She said as she got up.)

Dende: "It's me who should be thanking both of you for what you did. Let me heal you now Trunks. It looks like you need it as well."

Trunks: "Right, thanks."

When Trunks was healed the three of them, along with the other Nameks flew back to the main village.

Grand Elder: "Once again thank you." (He told Trunks and 18 with all of them standing outside their spaceship.) "Now Dende have you decided if you would like to go to earth?"

Dende: "Of course I will go. I'm just glad to leave knowing my home planet is safe."

Grand Elder: "I shall bid the three of you farewell then."

The trip to earth seemed to go by shortly with Trunks filling in Dende in on what earth had been going through. Trunks decided to land close to the lookout and when they got there Trunks put the ship in a capsule and they flew up to the lookout. Mr. Popo came running up to the edge where the three of them had landed.

Mr. Popo: "Trunks I haven't seen you in a while. Oh and it's you 18, I must say I'm glad you have decided to join Trunk."

18: "You know who I am?"

Mr. Popo: "Yes, indeed I do. Up here you can always see what's going on, on earth."

18: "Okay, that's a little creepy."

Mr. Popo laughed: "Anyway what brings you here?"

Trunks: "I brought Dende here and he has agreed to be the new guardian."

Mr. Popo: "Really? Well I am very happy to hear that. It's nice to meet you Dende."

Dende: "You too."

Trunks: "I was hoping to use the Dragon balls to bring back the people that Cell absorbed in Star City."

Mr. Popo: "Yes that sounds like an excellent idea."

Dende was able to recreate Shenron and summon the him.

Shenron: "You have summoned me. What is it you wish for?"

Dende: "You can take it from here Trunks."

Trunks: "Right. I wish for all the people who were absorbed by Cell to be brought back to life."

Shenron: "It is done, you have one more wish."

Trunks: "Okay, I guess my second wish will be-"

18: "Wait! Hey, if you brought everyone that was absorbed by Cell back to life, does that mean 17 was brought back as well?"

Trunks looked forward waiting for an answer because he didn't even think about this possibility.

Shenron: "No, I am sorry, but Android 17 was absorbed by Cell too long ago. It is no longer within my power to bring him back."

18 sadly looked away.

Shenron: "Please tell me your second wish now."

Trunks: "Yes, my second wish is let everyone on earth except my family and friends forget what 18 looks like."

Shenron: "It is done. The wishes are completed. I will leave now."

The dragon disappeared and the balls scarred.

18: "What you made that wish so people wouldn't be scared if they saw me?"

Trunks: "Yes. Don't you think it's better that way?"

18: "I guess."

Trunks looking at Dende and Mr. Popo: "Well we should be going I got to get back and tell my mom about all that's happened."

Dende: "Okay, hope to see both of you soon."

They nodded and took off.