Moments before Krillin had showed up.

Goku and Piccolo had just finished a particularly long training session. Usually Goku followed the promise he had made a couple years ago to Chi Chi that he would make it home before midnight every night so he wouldn't wake anyone up. This time he had decided to break it though, Piccolo had wanted to try a new technique that he had been working on. After hours of grueling fighting and new bruises that added to each of their collections. Goku breathed heavily while he lay on the ground. "Jeez Piccollo, if that attack was a little faster I doubt that I'd still be alive." Goku said between heavy breaths.

"That's the point." Piccollo responded gruffly, "I need to work on it more. Otherwise it won't be of any use against the Androids."

"Well at least this time I don't have to hold on to the enemy for the attack to be effective haha!" Goku replied, smiling lightheartedly, his mind being brought back to when he and Piccollo had fought against Raditz and Piccollo used the Special Beam Canon for the first time in actually combat. The end result was that Goku died along with his Saiyan brother, which one wouldn't think would be a particularly good memory, but for Goku it meant more than just his first time dying. If he had never died in that fight then he never would have met King Kai and learned how to use all sorts of techniques that had come in handy the past few years. If he hadn't learned from the Kai of Earth's quadrant then he was quite positive that taking down Freeza would have been nigh impossible.

Piccollo let out a begrudging chuckle. He too thought back to that fateful day. If it weren't for Goku's actions it is very likely that Raditz would have finished them both off and that right now Gohan would be doing Freeza's dirty work on some poor planet. His mind drifted off to Goku's son that he had become fond of. Gohan was possibly the Piccollo's closest friend, the only person that he had ever even considered dying for, and when the time had come he had. While his mind wandered he felt that something wrong was going on.

"Goku!" Piccollo shouted as he jumped to his feet. "That's Gohan's ki!"

Goku sat up and concentrated for a second and sensed his son's ki dropping at a higher rate than usual. He got to his feet as well, still panting.

"You're *heave* right!" Goku exclaimed. "We need to *heave* get to West *cough* City!" He moved one arm out towards Piccollo and the other to his head, extending two of his fingers at his forehead. Before Piccollo could reach him though he collapsed, falling to one knee. He coughed a few more times, the last throwing blood on the ground.

"Goku!" Piccollo yelled.

Vegeta could not believe his eyes. Standing before him was his father, the man he thought to be dead for almost thirty years now. His expression was just as Vegeta had remembered it, one of stern disappointment in his son. Vegeta was hit by a wave of emotions that he hadn't felt in years, decades maybe. The Saiyan King's black-brown hair curved down into his window's peak, accenting his stern expression. He let out a low growl as his tail uncurled from around his waist.

"You are a disgrace to your title as well as your name, you ungrateful weakling." King Vegeta began, disappointment clearly evident in his voice. "First you served under the man that killed our people for another twenty years, then you get beaten by a low-class warrior such as Kakarot! To further this insult you were killed by Freeza after all that talk of being the 'Great and Powerful Super Saiyan', but who got to that pinnacle before you even came close? That's right, Kakarot did, the son of Bardock, a lowly little warrior, not even a general and his damn brat became our race's savior before you."

"No, please, stop this father!" Vegeta was cringing at his father's words. Cooler had been using his body as a punching bag for the past hour but nothing hurt more than King Vegeta's reprimanding ."You should have amounted to something, You should have killed Freeza, torn his head from his body and mounted it on a stake. But you couldn't do that could you, you had to lie down and die." King Vegeta narrowed his eyes in disgust as his son tried to avert his gaze. "I should have sent you off to that remote planet instead of your bastard little brother. To rub salt on the wound Kakarot's abomination of a son reached Super Saiyan as well and humiliated you in front of everyone."

Vegeta thought back to his last few moments on Earth. The Gohan from the future had been able to completely over power him in a matter of seconds, without exerting himself at all it seemed. Vegeta clenched his hand, dragging some of the planet's blue-ish dirt along by his fingers. His father continued his verbal assault. "Now you retreated to these occupied planets to 'free them of Freeza's control'. We both know you came to hide your sorry face from the rest of the universe. You're going to again too now. Against Freeza's brother no less, nice to know that some things don't change at least."

No, Vegeta wasn't dead yet. Even if he was hanging on by a single thread he would fight until his last breath was dragged out of his lifeless body. Vegeta pounded the ground with his fist, something that required more strength than he had expected. He thought back to Earth. If he died here against Cooler he wouldn't ever be able to beat Kakarot. He would never be able to prove that he was better than that low class clown. His title as Prince of Saiyans truly would be nothing but a joke, a fake title for a fake prince.

Vegeta was getting angry. His energy began to swell. If he didn't make it back to earth he would never be able to kill the androids. He would never prove that he was better than his future self. In fact, he would be worse than his future self because he would never even get to fight the androids. The air around Vegeta began to ripple. Energy cackled around him as he slowly got on his knee, attempting to stand up. Cooler quit his laughing and turned around.

If he never made it back to Earth Vegeta would never see Bulma again. He didn't know why it bothered him so much, but for some reason it did. He would never again see her blue hair, her brilliance and hospitality, he would never wake up to see her standing over him after he exhausted himself training. Vegeta screamed. His power level rising every second. Cooler was taken aback for a moment but after regaining himself he rushed in at Vegeta, only to be blown back by the Saiyan's energy spike.

He would return to Earth. He would see Bulma again. He would destroy the androids with his own two hands. Most importantly though he would defeat that clown Kakarot and claim his rightful place as the strongest in the universe.

Vegeta's hair flashed golden yellow. And his eyes switched between their normal black and a light teal. His pain was alleviated for some reason with all these physical changes. Vegeta got up on both of his feet now, his energy blowing anything under a hundred pounds away with ease. Cooler stood a few yards away, bracing himself against the Saiyan Prince's increase in energy. He had no clue what this boost was. Vegeta knew what it was though, he had seen it before, he had been witness to the power he was now displaying.

"Get ready Cooler," Vegeta smirked, "you're about to face the Prince of all Super Saiyans! I will avenge my race through your death!"

Krillin lunged at General Blue. They had been in a stalemate earlier but Blue had gained the advantage by feigning a kick, then a punch and followed it by actually head-butting the bald monk. Now Krillin had to make sure that he wouldn't be at the disadvantage for long. He had discovered that Blue could now absorb ki blasts when he grabbed them with his hand. Krillin wasn't sure whether it was a new trick the once dead general had learned since their last encounter or whether it had something to do with the fact that where Krillin had severed his arm to save Gohan there were wires and metal instead of blood and flesh.

Gohan was behind Krillin with Yamcha by the young Saiyan's side. Both had been drained of almost three-fourths of their energy. Gohan had been drained the most and leaned on the taller fighter for support.

"Don't let him touch you Krillin! He can absorb the ki from your body!" Yamcha shouted, he was sure that his bald friend had figured out that their newly revived enemy could absorb his blasts but wanted to make sure that Krillin wasn't about to let him get any more energy.

"Yeah I gotcha!" The monk responded to his friend as he dodged Blue's attacks. Krillin had studied his opponent's moves long enough now that he knew when he should rush in and attack and when he should fall back and defend. Thanks to Yamcha he also knew that if Blue got ahold of him it was likely all over. After dodging a couple more punches he saw his entrance. He shifted over to Blue's open side and punched him in the side. Then he gave the old Red ribbon General a kick to the back that would have paralyzed any normal human.

"Haha you think you can beat me with that kind of attack?" Blue whipped around and kneed Krillin in the stomach. As he bent over Blue punched him across the face with his remaining arm. Krillin flew backwards but before he got too far Blue appeared behind him and grabbed him by the back of the neck. Krillin could feel his energy being pulled from his body. Damn! I underestimated him! I jumped in too soon, serves me right I guess.

"You see? I'm superior to all of you! You can't stop me!" Blue yelled, gloating. He let out an evil laugh, none of these fighters could beat him individually and now they were all getting drained. Even with his arm cut off Blue was positive that this fight was all but over.

"H-how are you back?" Krillin managed to get out.

"What was that baldy?" Blue said mockingly. "Oh, how am I alive now? Well that's a secret little man. All you need to know is that I'm back to seek my revenge, I shall kill Son Goku and all he cares about will be squashed under my boot! Then the reign of the Red Ribbon Army will begin under the leadership of the brilliant Dr. Gero!" He laughed maniacally, it was cut short though by a kick to the back of the head. He let go of Krillin as he whipped around to confront whoever it was that attacked him.

Yamcha stood behind him, crouching slightly and panting a little bit still. He wore a half grin on his face, showing his pride in having taken the General by surprise. "You alright Krillin?" He asked the small fighter than now knelt on the ground in front of Blue.

"Yeah, I think so." The minute monk responded.

Blue analyzed the situation. He was outnumbered one to three and he had lost an arm. That was the negatives for the situation. Now for the positives, not only was he stronger than all three of them, he now had a bit of each of their ki, making him even more powerful. Gohan's energy was drained to nearly one eighth of his full power, Yamcha was about the same. Krillin had the highest amount with a little bit under half his maximum. Blue smirked, this would be fun.

Bulma still hung from her arms in the laboratory of Dr. Gero. She had been forced to watch every minute of the fight between Blue and the Z fighters, she had gained a little bit of hope in the moments that it appeared Krillin had the advantage but that hope imploded in upon itself when Blue turned it around again not seconds later.

"Do you see how futile resisting us is Ms. Briefs?" Dr. Gero said. Making sure that Bulma was still focusing on the screen.

"I'm going to ask you again, what do you want with me!?" Bulma yelled, ignoring Gero's earlier threats about yelling.

"Fine, if you're so eager I'll show you." Gero turned to look at a previously darkened part of the room, the bot carrying Bulma turned her so she matched the Doctor's gaze. Sitting in the corner was another person, toiling away building something. After a few second of staring she recognized him as Dr. Falcon, the man who had gone missing a while ago! He wore a beat up lab coat and some strange device around his neck. At both of his sides were robot arms that extended from the ceiling, they were each pointing guns at his head.

"What are you doing to him?" Bulma asked, shocked at his treatment of another human being.

"He is helping me achieve my goals, as you will do shortly and your father as soon as Blue returns with him." Gero saw the astonished look in her eyes and continued, "You see, I created many androids for the Red Ribbon Army before Goku destroyed it. I was a still far from a young man back in those days. Luckily I had been out of the facility the day that Goku destroyed it, I was one of the only ones to live on and carry the Red Ribbon dream on. Ever since that day I have been obsessed with getting my revenge on Goku and after that, I shall take over the world!" Gero's eyes shimmered evilly as he spoke.

"That still doesn't explain why you have brought me and Dr. Falcon here!" Bulma interjected. Dr. Gero glared at her.

"I don't like being interrupted Ms. Briefs." He said flatly. "Anyways, I continued to make androids after that day to further my goal, I knew I couldn't beat Goku myself after all. The first androids after that were all failures sad to say. That is until I got to Androids 17 and 18. They were the two perfect androids, they had infinite energy and they were incredibly strong. The only problem was they were uncontrollable. I was barely able to shut them down before they killed me. I couldn't find a way to fix them no matter what I tried. I was about to give up on them until I walked through the mountains one day and something hit me. It was a science magazine, that magazine gave me a genius idea. If I couldn't bring them under control myself, maybe I could with a little help from assisting parties." He motioned towards Dr. Falcon and then back towards Bulma.

"Never! I'll never help you!" Bulma yelled. Gero moved quicker than she could see as he put something else around her neck.

"With that collar on you won't have a choice, in a few days you will be under my control, well, your body will at least." He retorted.

"No!" Bulma screamed in horror.

"It won't however be able to control the volume of your voice, which has become quite irritating." With the same lightning quick speed he grabbed a rag and shoved it in Bulma's mouth. She gave him a look of pure hatred. The machine holding her began to drag her away.

"Once I put you in that machine over there I'll have all your knowledge in my computer as well! I'll be able to complete the androids in no time!" Gero laugh as Bulma was dragged kicking and mutedly screaming towards a strange looking device.

Krillin and Gohan facing Blue. They had tried almost everything but Blue was always coming out on top. They were now even lower on energy than they had been before. Gohan could barely manage to stand he was so low on energy. Krillin was reaching deep inside himself just to be able to block Blue's fists when they came flying through the air. Yamcha had passed out a few yards away after he had gotten smacked across the face and sent flying into a tree.

Blue on the other hand was just as good as before. After absorbing their energy Blue was more powerful than he had been when he first stepped foot in Capsule Corporation's premises. Even with the small amount of energy slowly seeping out of his missing limb he was much stronger than his opponents. He rushed in again and came between the two little fighters. He backhanded Gohan and kicked Krillin in the shoulder. Gohan landed on the ground a few feet away, he couldn't lift his body off the ground this time. Krillin was getting tossed around like a sack of flour now. Blue played around with him, knowing that in the current situation there was no way he could lose.

It was then that he finally paid attention to his sensors. A second to late though sadly. A ki blast collided with his face, blowing him back and taking him off guard. Krillin looked up and saw a familiar face looking down at him.

"Stay down Krillin, I'll take it from here."

"How dare you?!" Both heads turned to look at General Blue, now glaring daggers at the new entrant. Half of his face had been blown off, revealing the mechanical surface underneath.

Wooooooooo! Chapter is up on the right day for once! I'm proud of myself slightly haha!

So the first half of this chapter has to be my favorite part to write so far, Vegeta finally turning Super Saiyan, woot! I always disliked the canon version where Vegeta just went Super Saiyan because he was pissed he hit a 'wall of his own limits'.

Here are some power levels for you guys since a couple people asked for them. And yes I do use much lower levels than in canon for a couple reasons,mostly because there isn't such a leap in strength between Ginyu vs Goku and Freeza vs Goku. So here they are!

Vegeta – 6,000,000

After being curb-stomped – 2,000,000

Cooler – 4,250,000

Cooler fifth form – 7,250,000

Gohan (full strength) – 4,000,000

Krillin (full strength) – 4,000,000

Yamcha (full strength) – 3,500,000

Dr. Gero – 3,500,000

Blue – 5,000,000

Blue (Gohan and Yamcha energies absorbed) – 5,750,000

And for the rest of the power levels stick around and find out! XD

Hope this past chapter answered some of the questions you had! As always please leave a review and let me know what you think of the story! Drop your criticisms, praises, thoughts and/or feelings on dinosaurs.

Til next time! See ya all later!