“Not my thing since the boys are grown. Gohan took Pan. Goten went because he knew Vegeta was taking Bura. Krillin told me that he, Persephone and
Marron were all going to attend,” Goku stated. “I lost interest after the time I took Goten and that unfortunate incident that landed-
“Don’t go there, Kakarrot! Vegeta showed the woman the vid regarding that time in infamy, now she believes I’m a PokeMon killer as well as an
exterminator of the weaker races of the universe. If I were still an exterminator, this mud ball would have been a desert long ago. Let’s go,” Vegeta
sighed, turned off the TV, then left with Piccolo and Goku. “Where d’you wanna spar?”
“Have any objections to just above Rock Tunnel outside of Cerulean City?” Goku asked and Vegeta invited him to lead the way.
In Cerulean City, Gohan, Videl, Goten, Nadine-Piccolo’s mate-Pan, Krillin, Persephone and their daughter Marron, had all gone to the Carnival and were
waiting for the Water PokeMon diving show to begin. Pan and Bura were a little antsy, as were Piccolo’s two kids. Yes, Piccolo and his mate had produced
two offspring named Nyricco and Naila. They were two years apart in age. Nonetheless, the younger ones didn’t want to see the diving show. Goten and
Trunks decided that their babysitting time was over, so decided to go spar. Marron decided to go with them. The three older teens left the arena and
headed for an area where only PokeMon trainers gathered. They found an area where they could spar and not cause a whole lot of damage. The younger
ones, who were all under ten years of age, left the adults and followed the older ones, however, Nyricco mentioned that there was a tunnel not too far
away.
“Let’s go exploring! We can pretend to be treasure hunters!” nine year old Nyricco exclaimed and the four of them headed for the tunnel.
The trio landed in a grassy area and prepared to spar. The minute they had touched down, Vegeta picked up a very familiar energy.
“Cilvanti? What’s she doing here? I feel three others with her as well,” the prince said then shook his head.
“I feel my granddaughter, Pan, but she’s supposed to be at the Carnival with Gohan and Videl!” Goku stated.
“Yeah, I feel my kids, too. Those two should know better than to leave their mother!” Piccolo sneered.
“Now, I feel Vegeta’s ki! What the hell is that boy up to? He’s supposed to be watching the fireball not off sparring! Grr, when I get…Oh, wait, that boy is
nineteen and headstrong. One thing, he inherited my stubbornness, heh, heh, heh,” Vegeta laughed.
“I feel Goten, now, too and one I don’t recognize. Oh, well, shall we begin?” Goku leaned into fighting position as did the other two, and then they began
sparring. Piccolo used his split form to provide a partner for Vegeta, then they all got down to business.
The four young tykes, who had wandered off, had found their way to the entrance of Rock Tunnel and curiosity took possession of their good senses.
“Let’s go in! I’m nine so I’m not scared! You scardy girls can stay out here if you want!” Nyricco teased as he headed for the Tunnel entrance.
“Oh, no! You’re not leavin us out here! We’ll go with you!” Naila exclaimed and the kids all entered the tunnel after they had powered up their energies to
light the way. Rock Tunnel was a deep dark cavern with illuminated rocks that provided minimal lighting.
The trio of warriors who were sparring just above the Tunnel had been forced to take a break as Vegeta lost his levitation. He had been in the middle of
executing a blast when a severe pain gripped his chest. He was still not at his optimal from the previous day’s Gravity Chamber mishap and sparring with
such intensity increased the blood flow through his veins to his heart, which he surmised must have must have sustained major damage.
“Oh, God, ah! God, this hurts! K-Kakarrot, ya have any senzu beans?” Vegeta asked as he held his chest.
“Yeah, I have one. Here ya go, buddy,” Goku said as he reached into an inner pocket of his shirt and pulled out a small bean then handed it to Vegeta who
plopped it into his mouth.
“T-thanks,” Vegeta said then fell backwards onto the grass only to sit bolt upright as he picked four strong energies. They felt as if they were at panic
level. The other two were motionless, as they had also picked up the energies.
“Krillin? Persephone? Gohan? Videl? Their ki’s feel wrong as if in distress! Wait, who’s that fifth one?” Goku asked as he sensed the air.
“That’s my mate, Nadine! The kids!” Piccolo exclaimed, then he took to the air followed by Goku.
“Hey, Vegeta, you be okay if we leave?” Goku asked as he looked down at the fallen prince.
“I don’t believe you just asked me that, Kakarrot? Go away and tend to your families. I’ll hang out here,” Vegeta sneered and waved the other two
warriors away. He shivered. Something was wrong. His son was off with Goten and his baby was somewhere in his vicinity.
The prince got to his feet, tested his power, then he flew down to the tunnel. Landing just outside the entrance, Vegeta scanned the area when suddenly,
the ground began to heave and dance violently. This was not good and the prince knew immediately that a strong earthquake was hitting Cerulean City.
He immediately left the ground and waited in mid-air until the quake was over.
Four minutes after it began, the quake ceased and Vegeta returned ground level. His brain had trouble believing what his eyes were seeing. The entrance
to the tunnel had all but closed in.
“Help! Somebody, please!” Vegeta’s extra sensitive hearing picked up picked up a tiny cry.
Powering to Super Saiya-jin form, the prince burst into the tunnel and began calling, “Who’s in here?”
“Help us! My sister and Pan are tapped under a pile of rocks and Bura… I don’t know where she is!” the tiny voice spoke.
Vegeta used IT to teleport to the location of the voice after hearing his daughter’s name. “Cilvanti-chan! It's daddy, answer me, honey!"
“Vegeta? Can you help us get outta here?” Nyricco asked the prince.
“You’re Piccolo’s little sprout, aren’t you? How are you feelin’?” Vegeta asked the boy.
“I-I think my leg’s busted, but the girls…” Nyricco began and Vegeta started removing a mass of rocks that were piled beside Nyricco. Suddenly, the earth
began to tremble a second time and Vegeta grabbed hold of the little Namekian, threw an area blast over the child, but could not cover himself before the
tunnel collapsed on top of him. His only sense was of complete blackness, as he lay buried under tons of rock.
Goku and Piccolo had met up with Krillin, Persephone, Gohan Videl and Piccolo’s companion, Nadine. Videl was in hysterics and Nadine was at a complete
loss!
“Where’s Goten?” Goku asked regarding his youngest son.
“He went off with Trunks. Marron went with them,” Persephone stated, just then the subjects in question appeared.
“What’s goin’ on?” Goten asked as the three older teens landed.
“Pan in missing! So are Bura and Piccolo’s kids! I thought you were watching B-chan! You treat responsibility like the plague, young man! Your mom’s
gonna hit the ceiling if anything happens to the baby. You act just like your old man!” Gohan scolded Trunks, who stood with his arms folded in the same
manner as his Outusan.
“What I wanna know is how the kids escaped without anyone seeing them?” Piccolo asked as he held his companion.
“I asked Trunks if he wanted to spar. Marron came with us. That PokeMon diving show really stunk,” Goten said in a lighthearted voice.
“So, that’s why your dad and I picked up your ki’s! Don’t you think he’s gonna be upset should anything happen to his little princess?” Goku asked
forgetting that he was not supposed to connect how Vegeta felt about his kids in the same sentence.
“You were sparring with my dad? “You mean Outusan’s outta the tank already? Where is he? Why didn’t he come with you?” Trunks asked in surprise.
“A sharp pain hit his chest and he lost his levitation and fell from the sky. That chamber blast must have caused more damage than he thought at first and
one day in the tank wasn’t enough to heal the wound completely. He said that he’d picked up Bura-chan’s ki just before we started to spar. I…I’m worried
about him, Trunks, he didn’t look so good when we left him. I gave him a senzu bean, so that should restore his strength. Oh, I picked up Pan’s ki also,”
Goku informed his eldest son.
“Well, what the hell are you standin’ ‘round for? Go find them!” Videl cried.
The team blasted off and headed for the area above Rock Tunnel where Goku had left Vegeta. Trunks had picked up Marron because she couldn’t fly-such
a girlie girl-and followed the older warriors. Videl and Persephone followed their husbands. Goku stopped short as he noticed the area deserted.
“He’s not here! I left him lying right on the grass!” Goku flew around the area then stopped short. “C’mere gang! Look at this! God, I’ve never seen such
destruction!”
The others joined the might warrior. “Oh, my God! Looks like an earthquake hit it! C’mon, if there’s anyone in there, they don’t have long!” Krillin
surmised and flew down to begin moving rocks and boulders. The rest of the team landed to give him a hand.
The team tossed boulders as if they were pebbles, however, no matter how many boulders they threw aside, more tumbled down.
“This is pointless! Let’s pack it in gang,” Yamcha suggested as he sat beside the debris. He had joined the team as they flew to the disaster.
‘H-help! Somebody! We’re d-dying in here! My sister and friends are trapped and I can barely move myself,” Piccolo turned with a start to the tunnel.
“Nyricco! Goku, my boy’s in there! I just picked him up telepathically! He said Naila is hurt!” Piccolo relayed the message that had flashed into his mind.
The others turned to him with surprise on their faces. “Ask him if Pan is in there?” Videl shrieked her tears uncontrollable.
‘Y-yes she is. Sh-she and Naila are trapped under a pile of rubble. V-Vegeta went to move the rocks when the ground shook and the tunnel collapsed,’
Nyricco spoke through the rubble via telepathy.
“Bura. Ricco, is my sister, Bura with you?” Trunks asked, his thoughts in a panic.
‘We lost her before the earthquake. I-I’m sorry,’ Ricco replied and Trunks’ heart fell out of place in his chest.
“VEGETA!” the team cried in unison and disbelief.
“I don’t believe for an instant that Vegeta would ever risk himself to save someone else! I would have expected that loudmouthed, arrogant ass to have
hightailed it out of here the minute the ground started to move!” Persephone exclaimed, imitating Bulma.
Trunks smirked. “Goes to show that you don’t know my dad the way my sister and I do. OK, he may be loudmouthed, he may be arrogant, but he will lend
a hand to help someone in trouble if he sees the deed honorable. ‘Gettin’ cats outta trees just ain’t my thing, but give me a train wreck and see what a
Saiya-jin turnabout van do!’ He told me that once when I was gonna assist a little girl get her cat outta tree” Trunks said then turned to Goten. “C’mon,
buddy! Let’s go to my house and ask Bulma for some earthmoving caps!” the younger prince said addressing his mom as ‘Bulma.’
“Ah, Trunks, you just called your mom ‘Bulma.’” Goten pointed out.
Trunks threw his friend a cold glance but said nothing as he took to the air. Goten followed.
At Capsule Corporation, Bulma had gone home for lunch and met her mom, who was preparing the meal. “Hey mom, how’s it goin’?” she asked as she
kissed her mom on the cheek. “D’ya feel that tremor earlier? Man, was it strong,” she remarked as she turned on the television to watch the noon day
news.
“… and details from Cerulean City are sketchy, but it is known that Rock Tunnel has collapsed, possibly trapping several people inside,” the news
commentator spoke. “We take you live to the scene where a group of people are working try and free the entrance.”
The picture on the television turned into one of total destruction.
“Hello, I am Hokkaido Hitachi, here lice at Rock Tunnel where several have now gathered to help move heavy boulders that block the entrance. Here with
me re Mrs. Son Gohan and Nadine who fear their children may be among the victims trapped under the rubble. Behind me you can see several young men
with incredible strength trying to free the tunnel, which keeps collapsing,” the commentator said as his cameraman panned the camera around the area.
“Hey, there’s Krillin! And Goku! Yamcha? What’s he doin’ there? I thought he’d be a dad by now? There’s Piccolo, Tien and Chioutzu, too? Hey, where’re
Trunks and Bura?” Bulma asked herself.
Just then the front door exploded and Trunks flew into the house. He drew up short and was incredibly out of breath. “Ma…Ma…mom,
ear…ear…earthmovers! Now! C’mon, dad’s trapped!” Trunks ordered.
“Your dad? I don’t think so! That ass is still in the tank from yesterday’s gravity chamber fiasco!” Bulma retorted in a sharp manner.
Trunks shook his head. “No, Goku told me that he went sparring with Piccolo and himself. They were at that grassy area just above Rock Tunnel. They
were sparring when dad caught a bad spasm in his chest and fell outta the sky! Oh, never mind! C’mon, get the caps so Goten and I can go back and dig
them out. Bura might be under that rubble as well!”
“My baby! If that arrogant ass took my baby into that tunnel the blew it up to kill her, I’ll kill him!” Bulma fumed as she rose to go see if her son was telling
the truth about t he man she was mated to.
Trunks snapped his fingers in front of Bulma’s face. “Earth to Bulma! I took B-chan to the carnival this morning! I lost her!”
In the kitchen, Trunks rummaged through the cabinets. He remembered that his dad had kept a jar of senzu beans that Goku had given him, so the young
man took the jar, ran out of the house and over to the Son house where Goten had gone to tell his mom the news of the tunnel collapse.
“C’mon, man, I know where the caps are! Mom’s draggin’ here feet! My dad’s trapped with my sister, your niece and Piccolo’s sprouts, maybe others and
she acts doesn’t give a damn. We’ll stop off, get the equipment, then go back and help!” Trunks said as the two friends flew to the business complex of
CapCorp.
Trunks headed for the capsule room, located t he section where the earthmoving gear was stored, grabbed a number of capsules, then left to return to the
site.
“I got the earthmovers! Bulma’s got a bug up her ass for some reason, like she just don’t care, anymore! I should’ve never shown her the vid of the time
dad had took me to the CCWC,” Trunks muttered as he prepared to throw the capsules when Goten tapped him on the shoulder.
“Ah...ah...Trunks…I don’t think we’re gonna need those! L-look,” Goten directed his friend’s attention to the collapsed part of the mountain.
Trunks, along with the multitude of spectators gathered at the site, directed his eyes to tunnel. What could only be described as unbelievable was
happening for all to see. The rocks seemed to have come alive and began moving of their own volition. They seemed to roll out of position and rise into the
air and, although the Z sensi possessed the powers to levitate objects, no such power was being emitted. At least, not by any flesh and blood being on
two legs. Trunks tried to pinpoint the source and gasped loudly. “Hey, everyone, look! In the sky about fifty meters above us!” the young prince called to
the crowd.
Those who were gathered gasped in surprise at what could only be called a ‘PokeMon’ miracle. In the air hung two figures: one small, the other large.
These were the legendary PokeMon, Mew and Mewtwo, who were two powerhouse psychic powered PokeMon. Somehow these two sensed that their
assistance was required.
‘Get the injured ones, now’ was telepathically communicated to the group but only the sensi picked up the transmission and jumped into action. The team
pulled bodies of hikers and cavers from the rubble, but there was no sigh of their friend or the kids trapped with him.
Back at CapCorp, Bulma had wandered back into the kitchen where she met a very distraught Chichi. Neither woman spoke, but Bulma knew what had to
be done. “C’mon, Chichi, your grandbaby and my daughter are probably buried and so weak they can’t blast out,” she told her friend, took Chichi’s arm and
the two friends left. Bulma threw a capsule, which turned into an air car. Chichi climbed into the passenger side and Bulma took the driver’s seat, and then
they sped off to the disaster site. The minute the two arrived, Bulma jumped from the car and ran over to the rubble. Trunks saw her and caught her.
“What are you doin’ here? It’s dangerous!” he yelled, his fear apparent.
“My baby might be trapped in there!” Bulma cried. She pretended to be tough as nails like her mate, but unlike him, she expressed hurt and emotion, but
then, she was a human.
“Hey, we got ‘em! I can see Pan’s bandanna and Naila’s head. C’mon gang!” Piccolo said and Gohan went to rescue his baby.
“Piccolo, isn’t this your boy?” Tien asked, as another green head was uncovered. Tien went to pick the child up when he drew a breath.
“Vegeta!” Where is he?” The child looked around with anxious eyes. “He was right in front of me and even threw and energy blast over me to keep the
rocks away,” the boy concluded as he got up and tried to walk out of the cave only to stumble. Tien was by his side in a flash and carried him to his worried
parents.
“Hey, I think I see something in this hole here! It looks like a body, but I can’t be sure!” Gohan said as he stood in a spot in front of the one where Ricco
had been found. “This fissure’s too small!” Gohan continued.
“I’ll go! I’m small like my dad!” Trunks said and flew down into the fissure. “Oh, my God! Throw me a rope!” he called.
“What’s goin on?” Krillin asked.
“Dad and B-chan! They’re both in very bad shape. C’mon, I can feel their life forces draining!” Trunks called and a rope was sent down to him. He tied the
rope around Vegeta’s torso then signaled for him to be pulled up. After the prince was extricated, Trunks grabbed his sister and flew out of the fissure.
“Oh, my baby! Mommy’s here! C’mon, honey, wake up!” Bulma ran to Bura as soon as Trunks had laid her beside their dad.
“Bulma, she can’t hear you! She’ unconscious! We gotta get her them into isolation tanks as soon as possible of we’re gonna lose them!” Trunks
exclaimed as he knelt beside Vegeta.
“Let’s get them to Capsule Corp! I manage to create tanks for every being and not just the Saiya-jin. That one, you can take to a hospital for treatment!”
Bulma said as she pointed to Vegeta.
“No! He’ll die without a tank! Oh, but I forgot, you don’t want this piece of alien space trash cluttering up your spit shined home! We’ll fine then!
Kakarrot! Help me IT dad and Cilvanti to Minerva! There they will get a fair shake. Take the others to CC,” Trunks instructed.
“No, Trunks, bring your dad and sister to my home. I’ve got tanks for them. I’ll make sure nothing happens to him. I promise. I know how close you three
are. Besides, your dad’s just beginning to trust me,” Piccolo said as he could connect with Mirai Vegeta’s feelings.
The injured humans were transported t o CC, while Vegeta, Cilvanti (Bura), Pan and Naila were taken to Piccolo’s and placed in tanks to begin their healing.
Bulma, meanwhile, was still at the site in a daze. “Hey, Bulma, ya goin’ with ‘em? Videl and Gohan are already there with Goku and Chichi. Don’t you
wanna at least sit with Bura?” Krillin asked as he, Persephone and Marron prepared to leave the site along with the other Z sensi.
Bulma vaguely nodded, turned to her capsule car, got in it, then flew to Piccolo’s home.
