Chapter Two...Fallen Hero, Alive
Trunks sat up after awhile. He put his hand on his ribs and pushed himself up with his other arm. He spotted his sword and went to pick it up. Not in very much of a hurry he didn't bother to fly but only walked, all the time thinking about what happen and the idea came opon him that he might not be able to beat them this time. Even if he trained for the rest of his life, not counting how short it would be if they desided to kill him, he could beat them. This was a thought that Trunks desided should be discarded from his thoughts. It wasn't exsactly a encouraging thought. He remembered that his mother was still at the labratory and desided it would be a good idea to hurry up.
When he got to the labratory, his mother was obviosly brain storming. Trunks walked in slowly. His mother noticing him came right over.
"Trunks! Good your back, did you find them?" She said, but when she got a look at his bleeding nose and mouth, she figured the ancer for her self.
"I would say that they found me, actually." He said leaning up against the wall.
"Come sit down." She said pulling him over to a chair. HE removed his sword from his back and sat down in the chair.
"What happen?" She said.
"They found me. You were right they are stronger." He said looking down, still holding his hand to his ribs.
"I knew it." She said wiping away the blood from his face.
"Yeah." He said. Bulma knew something was wrong thaat he wasn't telling her.
"Whats the matter Trunks?" She said in a comforting tone.
"I...I just don't think I can......beat them." He said slowly.
"Sure you can. Remember what you told me, you did it before and you can do it again. Besides, I think, well if things go as well as they have been, you wont need to fight alone." She said with a mischievous look.
"What do you meen?" He said looking puzzled.
"Come here." She said pulling him tward the five glass tubs.
Four of them were lit up and filled with liquid like when Bulma found Juunana-gou and Juuhachi-gou in them. Trunks didn't really understand what was going on at the moment. He studyed the strange capsulses then glance in puzzlement to his mother.
"See?" She said smiling?
"What are you trying to do Kaasan?" He said
"Well when I got here and saw the andriods in here I really didn't know what to do, I thought about distroying the machines, but then I noticed a vile." She took it out of her pocket and showed it to Trunks.
"Cell dna?" He questioned
"Exsactly! And what was Cell's dna made of?"
"Dna from..."
"Everyone!!" She blurted out not giving him a chance to figure it out himself
"And?" He asked
"Well I found a way to separate all of the dna and I put them in thease tubes to grow them back!!" She said obviosly proud of her self.
"Thats a great idea!" He said with hope again.
"Yes and this one is Piccolo, when his body returns the dragon balls will come back and we can wish all their minds back to their bodys, and since wishing their minds to earth is not the same as wishing them back intirely then we are in busness!!" She said almost jumping into Trunk's arms.
"This is great! I knew you had something up your sleave when you wanted to stay here but I didn't know what." Trunks said huging his mother, ignoring the pain in his side.
"The only thing is, since Piccolo's body can regenarate, he will be done soon, but everyone else may take a few days, we will have to keep the andriods away from here for awhile or they might ruin it all for us." She said
"I think I can do that. So when will Piccolo be done?" He said
"Well I don't really know how fast his body regenarates, but he is about 50% done now so it should be more then a few hours. I should make another dragon ball locater, and when hes done you can go look for them and make the wish and I will stay here." She said
"Are you sure you'll be okay here?" He said
"I will be fine." She said
Trunks watched his mother while she put together a device that would locate dragon balls then she turned it on, it detected nothing yet. She left it on explaning that it would start to beep when the dragon balls came back and then Trunks could go make the wish. Bulma went on to check things with the machines hooked to the tubes. Trunks rested and thought about his dream he had last night. He knew that they weren't doing enough to bring them back, and that something could be done, and this must be it. It had to be! Soon Son Goku, Piccolo, and Gohan even his own father would be alive. He only hoped that his father would exsept him, that maybe he would even be somewhat of the father he had never had. Trunks couldn't wait. He would get to see Son Gohan too! It had been seemingly forever since the day he found Gohan dead, what a relieve it would be to see him again. Thank kami.
<beep beep beep beep>.....Trunks picked up the raidar and looked at it, it was beeping alright.
"Finally, I'll be back after the wish has been made." He said to his mother. He picked up the walky talky that his mother told him to bring if he needed it, and got up.
"Okay Trunks you be carful!" She said to him as he waved to her running out the door.
Bulma smiled to her self at the thought of him saying finally, he was very much in a hurry to wish them back, she could only tell. She knew she would find something here, it was a gut feeling. Now they would be back. Son Kun and Gohan even Piccolo. Vegiita. When the thought of him returning came to her she stopped. He would return. Things would get better now. For Trunks and for myself.
Trunks was close. There was a dragon ball real close. He flew in faster and landed. looking around a huge pile of rock and bolders. He had never actually seen a dragon ball up close at all but he knew he would know it when he saw it. The signal was almost right on top of him. Then he spotted a smooth round orangeish colored ball, it had three stars on it. He smiled. One down, six to go!.
<Hey Kaasan, I have the first dragon ball!> Bulma heard over the walky talky, she picked it up.
<Thats great! Didn't take you long did it?> She said over to him
<I guess, its not like I 've done this before, not that I'm complaining or anything!> He joked.
The next dragon ball wasn't to far from the first one he found. It was in a tree of all places. It had seven stars on it. Two down, five left. He thought. The next, with two stars on it was in a shallow river. Trunks picked it up and placed it in the bag he had around his shoulder. Three up, four left.
In one of the cities which had seen better days he found another. It was on top of a abandoned car. It was the four star. Four found, three to get. Trunks moved on. The next two were a snap, only about one mile away from each other, unlike the other that were a bit more wide spread then thease two. One was in the woods, the other just outside the woods. He now has ni, san, nana, and his latest addtion, ichi, and go, one, two, three, five, and seven. Finding the sixth one wasn't as easy but the shi ball, number 4 was soon in Trunk's hands. All that was laft was ruku, number six.
<Kaasan, I have six, and I know where the last one is. Be ready." He said over the walky talky
<Okay then. I sure will good luck."
Trunks soon found the last dragon ball. He got out all the others and set them down. Trunks yelled out what his mother said for him to say. Soon the dragon balls started to glow and then what looked like lightning shot out of them into the sky. A strange blackness swallowed the sky. Trunks was now face to face with a dragon, long and curvy. Hes eye were wide looking at the dragon for the first time.
"I am Shenlong, you have gathered the dragon balls and so you will be granted three withes, make them now." He spoke with a deep viose.
"Uhh...three? I thought Kaasan said it was only one?" He got out his walky talky
<Kaasan!!>
<Um, hai Trunks did you make your wish?>
<T..This is..the biggest...well its the only dragon I've seen...anyway I'm gonna make it now but he said we have three wishes, I thought you said it was one!>
<Well I guess it must have changed some how, make the wish then, you will only use one.>
<What do I do with the other two?>
<I dont care if you wish for the nile just hurry up!>
<Well...um okay.> Trunks put the walky talky away and turn him self to face the rather big dragon before him.
"Dragon, I would like you to return Piccolo's mind to his body." He said
"This wish will be granted." The dragon's eyes turned bright red and the wish was made
"You now have two wishes left."
"I wish for Son Goku, Son Gohan, and my father Vegiita's mind's to be returned to their bodys when they are done regenarating." He said
"This wish will be granted." His eye turned red again for a short time.
"You now have one wish left."
"I wish for umm..." Trunks began. I'm most certanly not gonna wish for the nile. hmmm, I guess nothing, I could wish for that.
"Speak now boy." The impation of the dragon showed.
"I...I wish for nothing." He said.
"This wish will be granted." Nothing happen.
"And now I bid you farwell." The dragon turned to lightning and rose into the air one by one the dragon balls shot in diffarent directions. Trunks felt so happy now. In a matter of days, maybe even hours soon they would be alive again. And Piccolo, he is already back. Well at least if Kaasan is right, which I have no doubt about that. He smiled at the thought. This was wonderful. With that Trunks felt it was time to leave.
"Well, what has our little play mate been up too behind our backs?" The cold voise shook him back to earth. Trunks turned to see Juunana-gou and his sister watching him.
"So what in the hell are you doing hmm?" 17 spoke.
"Yes, tell us. We seen that......thing, so what are you up too?" She followed his words
"Why do you think I'm gonna tell you anything?" He said becoming alert of their actions.
"Heh heh. I have ways of making people talk." 17 stepped closer. Trunks backed up. 17 smiled evily at him. He walked closer to Trunks. In defence Trunk's hair turned gold and his once blue eyes now green. 17 payed it no mind and continued to come farward. In an instant the dark twin ran up to Trunks grabbed his shirt and his arms so he could fight with them. Trunks tryed kicking, but it was no use. Juunana's grip was tight. He brought his face up to Trunk's so that his cheak and Trunk's were almost touching. He wispered into his ear.
"Are you gonna tell me?...or am I gonna brake your arms off?" 17 said softly
"Baka, I'm never gonna tell you anything!!" He said trying to get loose
"Have it your way then." He smile pushing Trunks back then atacking.
He grabbed Trunk's right arm twisting it to near shattering point. Trunks tryed but failed to stop him. Juuhachi-gou was almost loving this. Trunks held back his scream. The pain soon over took him when Juunana put a bit more twist in it. Trunks dropped to his knees trying his best to think of a way out. Trunks suddenly swung his foot around and tripped Juunana, who releast his grip and caught him self. Juunana shot at Trunks again aiming low, Trunks went to block himself but Juunana-gou changed and cause Trunk's throat. Closing his fist around Trunk's air way, he began to gasp for what little air that he could. Soon no air was able to reach him. Trunk's was graping 17's wrist, which seem to do nothing. He tighten his grip and Trunks once again was on his knees. His lips were becoming a blue color and his face was turning red, then a purple almost. Juunana-gou was kocked away to the ground. stuned he was hit again trying to get back up. Trunks gasped in the sweet air again. His face fadded to its normal color slowly, and he got up.
18 who was still just watching, and not help the suprized twin shot a glance at Trunks, who was also suprized at this. Juunana regain himself and got up to stare right at the Namak. Trunks knew all too well about who had saved him just now. He smiled inside. Piccolo, at last he is here. This must mean that everything worked!
"Arn't you that...green freak, who we killed a while ago?" Juunana spoke with harsh words
"I do seem to recall have killing this one before too." His sister commented
"Maybe, but that doesn't matter now, all that matters now is how I'm gonna kill you both." Piccolo said clenching his fists.
"Is that so? Well well looks like Mr frog has a death wish again." Juunana-gou said
"I would count on that." Piccolo snarled.
"We wouldn't be having hard feeling would we?" Number 17 said
"Shut up and fight." Piccolo said making the first move. Trunks watched as Piccolo charged at the male twin. Punching and kicking, they almost looked even. Piccolo even seemed to have the edge untill Juunana knocked Piccolo back wards but grabbing his arm and twisting it. The dark boy kicked Piccolo and held tightly to his arm ripping it off. Trunks backed up. His arm, good this he can grow it back. Piccolo fell backward grabing the end of what was left of his arm.
"Your gonna pay for that!" He yelled
"We'll see." He said charging at Piccolo.
"As much as I like see my brother hurt people, even the green ones, I still would like to have fun too you know." Juuhachi-gou now next to Trunks said
Trunks backed up, away from her. She moved closer following him. He got mad and moved away again. She liked it that he would move. It was like cat and mouse to her, just some...sick game.
He knew what she was doing. Just playing with his head or something.
"Aww whats the matter? Dont make me have to hurt you."
She flew at him not giving him the fiantest chance to fight back. Juuhachi-gou didn't play as much, she just hurt you as fast as she could then watched you suffer, unlike the teasing and testing that her brother did. Juuhachi slammed his head to the ground the kicked him in the stomach and then the chest a few times. She grabbed him arm which the grip alone almost crushed it, and flung him into the nearest tree which buckled and fell. Trunks soon fell out of super saiya-jin, eyes and hair both normal again. He layed there on the broken tree listening. Soon there was no more sounds of fighting and it was quiet. A shadow came upon him slowly. Opening his eyes he seen Son Piccolo standing before him. Exstending his one remaining arm, he pulled Trunks to his feet.
"Soo I take it your Trunks?" He said
"Uhh, yeah. I'm still him." He said trying his best to stand.
"He did a good job." Piccolo spoke
"What?" Trunks said
"Nothing, lets go back." He said
"Sure thing." Trunks said rubbing his head, making sure it was still in one piece.
"She really did a number on you." He said
"Well your one to talk." Trunks said refuring to the one armed Namack.
"Heh I know, let me fix that." He said stopping
Piccolo made a fist and vanes started to show on his arm and head. What looked like very bad pain soon resulted in a new arm for the Namack. Piccolo flexed his arm then moved his wrist around them his fingers, to loosen the new muscules. Trunks watch him seeing the new arm sprout out is and always will be strange to watch. They continued to walk back in silance.
When they got back Trunks was ready to sit down. He was not stong enough to fly back and walking to help much. Bulma was exstatic to see Piccolo back, even if she never really trusted him even when he was done training Gohan. Piccolo came over to Bulma.
"Alright, now will you tell me what's going on since you didn't have time before?" Piccolo said arms crossed
"Hai Piccolo, I will tell you now." She said
Bulma began with how Trunks killed Juunana-gou and Juuhachi-gou the first time the how he was send to shope from his mother and how she went to the labrator. SHe told how she found the androids in there and her idea to use Cell's dna to get everyone else's. Piccolo didn't know who Cell was so Bulma told him about that too. Then how Trunk got the dragon balls and wished the minds back then that he woke up and it worked.
"So now all we have to do is keep those metal freaks away from here?" The Namack said
"Hai then everyone else will be back and you can all take out those metal freaks." Bulma said
"I think that shouldn't be to hard." Piccolo said.
"How much longer do you think it will take for them to be done Kaasan?" Trunks asked
"Well they are coming along faster then what I thought, so about twelve more hours. I think you should get some rest or something, you don't look too good Trunks." She said Trunks didn't object. The female andriod did get the best of him and if he was gonna keep them away for twelve more hours he would need to rest some.
Hours went by thought out any trouble from Juunana or Juhachi. Trunks was rested up and Piccolo sat in the corner by him self hovoring with his legs and arms crossed. There was about two or two and a half hours left when there was a explotion outside. Trunks looked up right away, as did Piccolo.
"Man and I almost thought they were gonna behave the whole time." Piccolo said, Trunks knew better. He had a feeling they would do something twards the end of the time.