Krillin helped Gohan sit up and Gohan looked at Kami and Mr. Popo, surprised to see that they were freed from their glass prisons. Then he looked at Piccolo. "Mr. Popo? Kami? Piccolo? I thought that you were..." Gohan murmured weakly.
"The black water mist had no effect on me at all." Piccolo spoke. Krillin nodded, smiling.
"Yep. We fooled you. Piccolo was one of the good guys all along. Ocarin told me of his plan after she pretended to bite me. I guess it's true what they say you can't trust anyone anymore." He explained.
"Krillin, you, Ocarin and Piccolo are really good actors. I didn't suspect a thing. You guys were acting, weren't you?" Gohan sneered at Piccolo, who kept his eyes on Garlic, who was still snarling at him on the floor.
"It was the only way for me to able to get closer to Garlic Jr. and release Kami and Popo safely." Piccolo said.
"And thank you for saving me, Piccolo. I am truly grateful." Kami spoke.
"I didn't save you because I wanted to, Kami." Piccolo answered, not looking at him. "The only reason I did it was because you were captured, I can't fight at my full power."
"Yes, of course you did." Kami frowned.
"Kami, get the sacred water and go!" Ocarin quickly told him.
"We'll take care of them!" Krillin shouted as well.
"Yes!" Kami quickly grabbed the white vial that was sitting on a stand, near the throne.
"Garlic Jr., your plan is going to fail! I'm going to send you back to the dark world that you came from! Are you ready?" Piccolo shouted.
"It's not easy taking over the universe. But its days like this that make it all worthwhile!" Garlic Jr. chuckled, darkly. Ocarin blinked staring at him, warily. Piccolo noticed, wondering what the blue alien meant, as well.
"I don't like this." Piccolo thought to himself.
"Yeah, something's up." Nail told him in his mind. Then Garlic Jr. began to cackle, evilly.
"Don't you fools realize that it's too late to use the sacred water!?"
"What?!" Kami exclaimed. Garlic Jr. smirked.
"It will be dawn long before you can spread the sacred water over the planet and by then it will be too late! By that time every living thing on Earth will have succumbed to the effects of the black water mist. They will all belong to me! So, no matter how hard you try, you will never be able to defeat me!" Garlic Jr. laughed. "You are about to witness the birth of a new world of darkness and evil! And I will be the ruler of this beautiful new world!"
Kami growled, clutching the bottle in his hand tightly.
Underneath the Lookout, on Earth all of the inhabitants were running wild, causing chaos and destruction to everything in their path. Even attacking people who were lucky enough to avoid the mist. In a forest, a little girl quickly ran as several people and dogs chased after her. As she ran, the girl tripped on a tree branch, twisting her ankle. The girl screamed when she saw one of the dogs pounce at her. Suddenly, a bright light fired in between them blinding everyone. The girl felt someone grab her hand, pulling her up.
"We need to go!" She heard a voice shout. She blinked her eyes adjusting them a bit to see what was pulling her and saw an alien, a boy with green skin and pointed ears wearing a yellow vest over purple robes and a purple sash.
"I can't walk." The girl winced holding her ankle. He quickly pulled her onto his back and piggy backed her as they ran while the attackers were still caught off guard by the blast. Seeing that they were no longer being followed, the boy pulled back some branches and walked into a cavern. He sat the girl down and glanced back at the entrance, listening, to see if they weren't followed.
"We'll be safe here in the meantime." He spoke.
"Ow, my ankle hurts." The girl whined, tearing up a little.
"Here, I can help." The girl's eyes widen when she saw the strange boy make a strange light come out of his hands as he placed them over her ankle. Even more shocked to feel the pain, disappeared. The boy pulled his hands back.
"What sort of magic trick is that?" She asked him.
"It's not magic. I just some of my energy to heal you." He told her. She stared at him confused before shaking her head.
"What's happening to everyone!? My friends and my dad they're all acting strange!" She shouted.
"Quiet. They'll hear you. It's that mist. It's done something to them." He told her.
"What are we going to do?"
"I know of someone who might be able to help. Her name is Ocarin. Her and her friends are probably figuring out on how to stop this as we speak." He spoke.
"Who are you?" the girl asked him.
"My name is Necke and you?" Necke asked her.
"Ramu." She spoke.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" He asked her, seeing that she was looking at him with a strange look in her eyes.
"Are you related to the Demon king?" Ramu questioned. Necke blinked at her confused and shook his head.
"No. Who is he?" He asked her.
"My father told me stories about him. He had green skin like yours, in fact he looked a lot like you. He tried to take over the world before I was born." She told him.
"Well, I'm not him. You have nothing to worry about." He replied.
"With them all under my control, Earth will become the most feared planet in the universe! Ever few seconds that ticks by brings me closer to realizing my dream!" Garlic Jr. laughed. Piccolo growled, glaring at Garlic Jr.
"Piccolo?" Ocarin spoke, concerned as well. What are they going to do? They don't have much time left before the mist's effects becomes permant on everyone on Earth!
"We might still have chance!" the genie shouted. Kami turned to him.
"Mr. Popo?"
"There is a way. We can spread the sacred water everywhere quickly." He quickly told Kami.
"Tell me!"
"If you take the sacred water down there. It will take you to the seven air currents of the world." Mr. Popo explained and pointed to a round vent big enough to fit through.
"Are you certain, Mr. Popo?" Kami questioned. He nodded to the guardian.
"Yes, Kami. The air currents flow just below your Lookout. It's the best way for you to spread the sacred water."
"Then let's go!" Ocarin walked over to them.
"I'm going to come as well." She told them. But Mr. Popo held up his hand, stopping her.
"I'm afraid you cannot." He told her. Ocarin stared at him, confused.
"What? Why not?"
"Only the guardian of Earth is allowed to enter but I'm afraid it's even dangerous for you as well Kami." Mr. Popo told them.
"Why is that?" Kami questioned him.
"It's located where the spirits of the former guardians go for the eternal rest. You must really think about this Kami. There is a risk that your spirit will be trapped there, and you might not come back. You could die!" Mr. Popo insisted, hoping that the guardian would change his mind about the plan.
"I understand." Kami sighed.
"Kami..." Mr. Popo said, worried.
"If this is the last chance that we have then there's no time to waste. Let's go, Mr. Popo! We must get the sacred water to the people of Earth before it's too late!" Kami insisted.
"Be careful, you two." Ocarin told them. Kami and Mr. Popo nodded.
"Of course."
"You're not going anywhere!" Garlic Jr. shouted. Then two of Garlic's henchmen, now concious, jumped down landing beside him. The two began to fight with Gohan and Krillin while Garlic Jr. began to clash with Piccolo and Ocarin. Piccolo dodged a blast that Garlic fired and punched him back.
"You can do better than that!"
"Piccolo!" Kami shouted at to him in worry.
"Kami, Mr. Popo, get out of here now!" Ocarin shouted at them. Mr. Popo quickly summonded a magic carpet and the genie and the guardian hopped on it.
"Come on, we must hurry!"
Kami and Mr. Popo quickly flew off while Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin and Ocarin fought against Garlic Jr. and his two henchmen.
"Over here, you twerp!" Piccolo shouted at Garlic. He knocked Garlic back and Ocarin kicked the alien slamming him into the wall and he fell onto the floor. "Give up. You can't win." Gohan and Krillin had managed to finish off Garlic's two henchmen. Garlic Jr. growled baring his fangs at the Piccolo and Ocarin before it turned into a twisted smirk.
"So Piccolo aren't you worried about Kami? I'd be worried if my mind and body was linked to that decrepit old fool. It'd be such a tragedy if something happened to him. You'd certainly would have a tough time surviving without him. And with Kami gone I bet you wouldn't talk so tough." He laughed.
"If I were a coward like you, your words might scare me. But I'm not." Piccolo said. "You want to see what real strength is then I'll show you!"
Piccolo and Ocarin continued to throw kicks and punches at Garlic Jr. throwing him around and Garlic was slammed to the floor. Piccolo and Ocarin landed in front of him, seeing the alien starting to get back up again.
"It's over Garlic Jr." Piccolo said. Then the two saw the alien started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Ocarin demanded.
"I want to show you two something." He pointed upwards and Piccolo and Ocarin both looked up to see a small red star in the sky above them. "My source of power! Behold the Makyo Star! My home. Its warm and glow revives me with incredible strength! And after 12000 years it's been making its way to Earth. You can feel it. Now that the Makyo Star has finally arrived, I will become ten times more powerful than I have ever been before! There's nothing that you can do to stop me from taking this planet for my own!"
"You talk too much." Ocarin spoke before she stopped when she saw Garlic Jr. started to twitch a little. Then his body began to shift, getting larger and bulkier with muscles. Piccolo watched in shock as well. "W-What?"
"He's changing...Krillin, Gohan, Ocarin! Get out of here!" Piccolo shouted. Gohan and Krillin quickly left heading up to the topside of the Lookout. Piccolo saw that Ocarin still haven't moved. "I'm not going to ask again! Get out of here now!'
"Then come on!" Ocarin quickly grabbed his hand and the two quickly flew up while trying to dodge the falling debris above them.
"Watch out!" Piccolo quickly pushed Ocarin out of the way from a falling piece of rubble. The two made it to the top of the Lookout, along with Gohan and Krillin as they crawled out of the pile of debris. Piccolo turned to Ocarin, seeing her hold her head, bleeding a little. "You okay?"
"Just a little banged up. I'm fine." Ocarin replied. Then the group saw Garlic Jr. standing above them as he had made it out of the pile as well. He smirked malicioiusly down at them.
"Piccolo..." Gohan whispered.
"Go leave this place!" Piccolo shouted at everyone.
"The last time we've fought you got lucky kid. But now you're about to find out how powerful we really are." Garlic Jr. chuckled darkly at Gohan.
"We?" Ocarin questioned. Two of Garlic's henchmen that Gohan and Krillin had finished off were right by the alien's side, completely healed of their injuries and now even more stronger.
Deep underneth of the Lookout, Kami and Mr. Popo quickly flew on the carpet as the genie took them to their destination, stopping at a large door. The two hopped off the carpet.
"This is it Mr. Popo. Let's do it." Kami spoke. Mr. Popo opened the door and they were pushed open and the two slowly walked into the room. It was completely baren and filled with a strange green mist.
"We need to find that vent and spread the mist quickly!" Kami spoke. Just as the guardina took another step a blast of lightening fired directily at him, knocking Kami back.
"Kami!" Mr. Popo cried out, quickly running over to him. Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of them a few feet away, staring down at Kami.
"I'm not sure what that spirit did, Mr. Popo. But some reason I'm having trouble staying awake." Kami groaned.
"Please, Kami, you have to fight it! If you go to sleep in this place, you'll never wake up!" the genie shouted, shaking Kami. "Kami!" Kami groaned, trying to keep his eyes open but they were getting heavier and heavier.
"Leave him alone!" The restless spirit shouted. "Let him rest. Can't you see how weary he is? You know what it means when a guardian of Earth passes though those gates, Mr. Popo." The genie's eyes widened and he turned back to the spirit in front of them, recognizing the voice.
"T-That voice...Kami, it's your predecessor!" Mr. Popo exclaimed. Kami's eyes widened in shock as well.
"What!?"
The spirit glared at Kami and Mr. Popo as he blocked their path.