Hey, everyone, Hoyitos here. This chapter is, essentially, the beginning of a new saga, with a new villain and new characters. It might not be what you expect from a Dragon Ball fanfiction, but hey, it's something! Also, thanks to everyone that reviewed, favorited, followed, etc.! Really appreciate it. Anyways, without further ado, go ahead and read on!

Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest

"Just a little itty bit more of this and it should be ready… haha…HAHAHAHAAAA!"

Echo voice: "BLAAAAAARRRR!"

"Once I get this chemical right, I will finally create the ULTIMATE LIFE FORM! HAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

Echo voice #2: "AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

"SHUT UP, YOU ERROR OF EXISTENCE! Right, where was I… ah, yes… with this, I will become invincible! No one will ever DARE question me again! I will be FEARED… BY ALL! AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAA!"

Chapter 12: Radioactive Sub-existence

After finally defeating King Avarez and Sizere for good, our heroes continued their journey to West City. They were closer to finally reaching the outside of the Jurassic jungle. However, a new threat awaited them just up ahead, a threat that would become their most dangerous adventure yet.

Andromeda: "I can see the end of this jungle! We shouldn't have to walk into any other dangerous place for a while, if this map is right. It's just plains full of trees and friendly animals for about two weeks worth of traveling."

Ninomiya: "Great! Finally, we get to take a break from all this fighting and risking our life business."

Sakura: "Ahhh, peace…" *sniff, sniff* "…huh…? Do you guys smell something weird?"

Ninomiya: "Huh? No, not really. Oh, look, we're finally out of the jun—waaahh!"

Suddenly, Wolfgang Strider stopped abruptly. As he looked further out to the outside world, he seemed upset.

Sakura: "What's wrong, Wolfgang?"

Andromeda: "Well… I guess he doesn't want to leave home. He was raised here and probably knows only creatures in here. We're not his true family, Sakura…"

Wolfgang Strider: "Raawr!"

Sakura: "I guess so… but, he seems… scared… well, I can't really blame him. There's a lot of bad stuff out there."

As they realized Wolfgang Strider was not willing to venture outside of the Jurassic jungle, our heroes said good bye to the Giganotosaurus. He returned to his environment and the three warriors continued onwards on foot.

Three heroes: "Bye, Wolfgang! We'll come back and say hi at some point!"

Wolfgang Strider: "RAAAWWWWRR!"

Andromeda was convinced that their journey would be calm from that point. But, as our heroes kept walking, they came across an unexpected sight. There was a nuclear factory in the middle of the plains! It was surrounded by radioactive waste and the smell was terrifying. It was the same smell Sakura had caught just a while ago.

Ninomiya: "Ufff… man! This place stinks!"

Andromeda: "What is a nuclear factory doing in the middle of nowhere? Wait… you know, it's possible that Wolfgang Strider was affected by some of this radioactive waste, causing him to increase in size!"

Sakura: "Oh… poor Wolfgang…"

Ninomiya: "Well, if that's what it did to him, I don't wanna know what this goo can do to us! We better walk around the side of this place and avoid it!"

Sakura: "Sounds like a good idea. Walking straight through this place would be stupid knowing there is a path on the side!"

Andromeda: "(… is she saying this indirectly to every other fictional character in every other adventure story ever created?)"

In that moment, monstrous voices could be heard from around the area. Then, hundreds of horrifying creatures surrounded our heroes! The only place that seemed remotely safe was, indeed, into the nuclear factory.

Ninomiya: "Crap! Looks like there's only one way to go!"

Sakura: "These guys must have been created by the radioactive waste! Let's hope they're all outside and that inside the factory is clear!"

Our heroes ran into the nuclear factory as fast as they could, knowing they were severely outnumbered by the monstrosities surrounding them. It appeared as if the factory was abandoned, as all the lights were out and what was barely visible were broken walls and the rusty floor.

Suddenly, all the lights turned on, revealing a giant television screen that turned on immediately afterwards.

Sakura: "What is this place…? Huh? Hey, guys, look on the screen! There's someone!"

Man in screen: "What the…? I don't remember creating humanoid beasts!"

Ninomiya: "Hey, we're not humanoid beasts! We are real humans from distant lands!"

Man in screen: "And what about the girl with the monkey tail? Is SHE human, too?"

Sakura: "I'm a Saiyan. But before I keep going, who are you?"

Man in screen: "Glad you asked! I am Dr. Joaquin, founder, and only worker, of this installation, the Morph-Fluid Corporation!"

Andromeda: "The… Morph-Fluid Corporation…? What kind of name is that?"

Dr. Joaquin: "DON'T JUDGE MY BUSINESS! Besides, it's a brilliant name! This place is full of fluids that make living creatures morph into new creatures! And every single one of them automatically becomes part of MY pertinences! HA HAAAA!"

Andromeda: "(So then… Wolfgang WAS affected by this place!) Sorry, doc, but we already claimed one of them."

Dr. Joaquin: "WHAT?! How DARE you take one of my beautiful creations?!"

Andromeda: "Beautiful? Are those creatures outside your doing?"

Dr. Joaquin: "THOSE ARE FAILURES! Every last one of them is a miserable flaw of existence! But just you wait, for I will create the ultimate life form, and then NO ONE will EVER look down on me! MWAHAHAHA!"

Andromeda: "Really? And how many 'non-failures' do you have?" *giggles*

Dr. Joaquin: "GRRGHH! SHUT UP! I'LL MAKE YOU ALL PAY FOR SUCH INSOLENT MANNERS! KILL THEM, NUMBER 27!"

A section of the floor in the room opened. There was a hole, and down the hole was a pool of radioactive waste. Suddenly, the pool began taking shape, the shape of a giant goo monster! The monster came rising quickly to the surface, and it had several pieces of metal junk stuck to its body. One of the pieces had the number "27" on it, hence the name.

Ninomiya: "WHOA! What the hell is that thing?!"

Andromeda: "Looks like a radioactive goo monster, and it doesn't look happy!"

Sakura: "If it doesn't want to be friends then there's no other choice! We'll have to fight that thing!"

Sakura ran up to it, following with a flying kick at the monster's "stomach," if you can call it that. Although it was a spot-on, full power kick, the monster's body was too soft for it to be affected by physical attacks like that.

Sakura: "Well, that's not going to work… OK! Ricochet—"

Before Sakura had a chance to cast her Ricochet Ray, the creature grabbed her with its "hands" and made it unable for Sakura to move. Since its body was radioactive, it began to slowly burn Sakura's exposed body (arms, shoulders, hands, tail…).

Sakura: "Gah! This stuff burns!"

Andromeda: "Sakura! Hey, you green thing better let her go! Hya!"

Andromeda charged at the monster, but was also unable to do any damage with her weapon. The creature proceeded to grabbing Andromeda as well. Andromeda then started to feel the burning of the creature's body on her hands (because her hands are the only thing exposed in Andromeda's clothing, besides her face). Ninomiya was then the only one available to fight.

Andromeda: "Aaah! My hands! Ninomiya, do something!"

Ninomiya: "Sakura! Andromeda! I have to do something! But what?! Come on, Ninomiya, think… think!"

Looking around, Ninomiya noticed the room walls had heavy fans spinning at full speed. Then he looked back at the monster, and realized that its body was completely liquid. Ninomiya figured that if he got the monster to be consumed by the fans, its body would end up somewhere else, hopefully out of reach of our heroes.

Ninomiya: "OK, I got it! Now, all I need to do is figure out a way to get this thing to be sucked in by the fans…"

Sakura: "AAAHHH! Ninomiya, please! I can't take this much longer!"

Ninomiya: "Alright, here goes nothing!"

Ninomiya released his sword and prepared to run straight at the monster.

Ninomiya: "Prepare yourself! Pandemonium Whirlwind! Haaaaa!"

Once struck by this attack while fighting the Phantom Samurais, Ninomiya attempted to use the Pandemonium Whirlwind technique against the radioactive creature. The whirlwind lifted the beast in the air, releasing Sakura and Andromeda from its grasp. The extreme power of the wind was capable of spilling the monster's body (literally) into the fans around the room. Gallon by gallon, the monster's body was sucked in by the fans, sending it to different places all over the factory.

With this, Ninomiya saved Sakura and Andromeda from a slow and painful death. Miraculously, the radiation effect from the monster was not strong enough to alter the girls' bodies.

Ninomiya: "Phew… you girls alright?"

Sakura: "Ah… it still burns, but I think we'll be OK."

"You won't be OK if you stay here."

Out of nowhere, a mysterious voice was heard from within the shadows of the next room. The voice sounded like that of an intelligent, grown man.

Andromeda: "What?! Who's there?!"

"Don't worry; I'm not here to harm you. In fact, I'm here to help you."

The mysterious entity came out of the shadows. To their surprise, it was a dog. But…

Andromeda: "Oh, look, it's a dog—AAAAAHHHHH! IT HAS TWO HEADS!"

When the dog came out, it revealed it was a Siamese dog. Apart from two heads, it seemed to be normal. However, only the right head could speak to our heroes.

Dog's right head: "I knew you would react like that. Listen, before you start screaming and st—aaah!"

Sakura: *runs up to dog and hugs it* "Puppy! I don't care if you have two heads, I love dogs! So cute!"

Dog's left head: "Woof!"

Dog's right head: "Oh… I can't believe someone would actually have compassion for us! Allow me to introduce ourselves. I, the left head, am Isaac. He, the right head, is Rufus."

Rufus: "Woof, woof!"

Isaac: "As you might have guessed, Dr. Joaquin did some experimenting with us. He tried to create a dog that would have the intelligence of a smart human. Rufus was the subject, but, as you can see, he didn't completely separate his intelligent part from his instinctive part. Now, I contain all of Rufus' former ability to understand and reason, as well as controlling the front most part of the body; the forefoot, and chest and above. Rufus acts as a normal dog, except he doesn't understand, he lacks common sense. Also, Rufus has control of the back side; the hind foot, anything before the chest, and the tail."

Andromeda: "So, you're the same being divided into two in the same body. It must be tough for you to move around. Poor dog…" *hugs Isaac and Rufus alongside Sakura*

Rufus: "Woof!"

Isaac: "What Dr. Joaquin couldn't do, however, was separate feelings from us. Rufus is still the more sentimental one out of the two, though. Anyways, back to what I was going to say originally. Dr. Joaquin is a mad scientist! He's been trying to create the ultimate life form for 16 years! He constructed this factory as small head quarters first. But then, he captured innocent animals that lived around this area, and used his chemicals to transform them into the beasts you see around here. He commanded the beasts to increase the size of the factory, making it wider and wider every day for 10 years! Now, this place goes as far as Dazper City, all through an underground tunnel."

Andromeda: "Dazper City… that's only about 500 kilometers away from West City! Isaac, do you know a way to get to the end of this tunnel quickly?"

Isaac: "I do. In fact, I'm willing to escort you there, if you hear our request. If Dr. Joaquin creates the ultimate life form, he will conquer the entire world with it! I see you guys are strong fighters, and I can also see that you're heroic at heart, so I want you to help us. Help us stop Dr. Joaquin! I've been trying to figure out a way to stop him for years, and see if I can get Rufus back to his normal self, but I couldn't figure anything out. But now, with you guys, I'm sure there is a chance to stop that freak!"

Sakura: "Dr. Joaquin… of course we'll help! That guy's going to get what's coming to him for doing what he did to you, Rufus!"

Rufus: "Woooooof, woof, woof!"

Isaac: "Thank you! Thank you all so much! Follow my lead; I will guide you to the core of this place. That's where Dr. Joaquin is at, and also where you're going to be able to get to Dazper City."

Ninomiya: "Oh, man… first King Avarez and now this. Seems like there's a lot of trouble going on in this world! Alright, let's go!"

With a new canine companion and a new enemy on the radar, our heroes continued their journey in a most unsanitary place. What kinds of dangers await them in their way to Morph-Fluid Corporation's core? Will Dr. Joaquin be able to create the ultimate life form? Find out next time on Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest!

To be continued…

Bonus skit

While trying to sound smart, Dr. Joaquin realizes Andromeda is quite a powerful foe when it comes to talking back.

Dr. Joaquin: "YOU'RE STUPID, GIRL!"

Andromeda: "Says the guy who can't make an experiment come out right."

Dr. Joaquin: "GAAAAAHHH!"

Andromeda: "You're a mad scientist."

Dr. Joaquin: "I'M NOT MAD! AGLWFJSDFHSOFLSA!"

Andromeda: "Haha! You're mad AND crazy! Why's your face so red, then, doc?"

Dr. Joaquin: "BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING ME MAD!"

Andromeda: "I just made you contradict your previous statement. Coming from someone who can make the ULTIMATE life form, I'm REALLY surprised, doc. Haha!"

Dr. Joaquin: "AAARRRGGHHH! 27, KILL THEM!"

Andromeda: "27? What, the other 26 were so much of a failure that they don't even count? Guess a failure can only make more failures. Hahaha!"

Ninomiya: "Wow… I wouldn't think Andromeda would be that good at come backs…"

*insert trollface here*