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A gentile summer breeze glided over the island, Master Roshi was sleeping in his comfortable beach chair with a porn booklet laying over his head. On the beach Krillin practiced his Kamehameha, Marron and 18 where watching him.

"Ka Me Ha Me HA!" The entire island shook when Krillin unleashed his energy.

Master Roshi fell out of his chair. "Krillin! Can't a old guy sleep in peace?!"

Krillin started to rub his head in a very Goku like manner. "Sorry Master Roshi, I didn't want to shake you out of your beauty sleep" he replied trying to keep himself from smiling. Marron and 18 shared a smile.

Roshi got up and walked towards the door opening. "Maybe I can get some decent rest inside, I am not the young man I used to be you know."

18 turned to Krillin. "no, just a perverted old man…" she whispered in his ear discretely.

Marron noticed the porn booklet laying partially covered with sand. "Guess he is isn't he" she said while picking up the booklet. "This is just sick" Marron continued on an agitated tone whilst walking towards the trashcan next to the door and dumping it inside.

In the distance some clouds angrily pack together catching the attention of the three on Roshi´s Island. Lightning and thunder fills the small part of sky, and as fast as it formed it disappeared again.

Krillin turns back to 18 with a worried face. "I am going to Kami´s Lookout to visit Dende to ask him about these strange storms, they don't seen normal"

18 nodded "I agree, these storms aren't natural, the weather pattern does not allow the forming of thunderstorms"

"Yeah, and they are so small" Marron replied walking towards her Dad. "Tell Dende I said hi when you get there won´t you?"

"Sure I will" He said turning to 18 "Do you want to come?"

"No, Id better stay here, I wouldn't want to leave our girl all by herself with Roshi around"

"Maaammm" Marron whined "I am old enough to know how to defend myself against that old fart you know.
Ill just perform the Bulma maneuver and Ill be fine"

In the back the door opened and a hand appeared. "I need to have that booklet, the trash is no place for it. If I can't find it Ill have to ask Goten to bring me one again. I wonder, would he fall for the comic trick again?" Roshi said to himself reaching further down into the trashcan.

"I think she will be just fine 18, have a little faith, and besides, Master Roshi knows you are her mother right?"

18 balled her fists "He'd better, if the knows what's good for him." 18 saw the arm sticking out from behind the door and gently gave the door a nudge. Behind the door Roshi pulled out his hand and bit his other hand which kept him from screaming out in pain. His hand that was stuck in the door was all swollen up.

Krillin flew up "Okay lets go" 18 followed her husband up, and waved to Marron. "If you run into any real trouble just call Gohan or Bulma okay?"

"Yes papa, and don't forget to say hi!"

"No I won't forget Marron, bye!" Krillin said. Short after that Krillin rocketed off to Kami´s lookout.
In the distance another small thunderstorm appeared, this time a little closer to the island.

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In a small corridor two young men walked towards the research department. Girls swooned at the sight of the two men, especially the lavender haired one. The two now walked at even a greater speed, and closed the door of the research department behind them. They both sighed whilst they put on their safety helmets.

"Working here is really bad for my health Goten"

"You working here is bad for my self esteem Trunks, so stop it…, I would welcome you burden every day!"

From behind a middle aged woman put her arms around them and started talking on a motherly tone. "Trunks, the only way for that to stop is you getting a girlfriend you know. As for you Goten, you'll find a girl soon enough, or get tricked just like your dad, don't worry to much!"

Both young men stopped dead in their tracks and looked to each other with shameful eyes.

"Hey" Goten broke the silence with a smile on his face "What am I ashamed of, she isn't my mother!"

"What does that supposed to mean Goten?" she said on a harsh tone, "We don't want your mother to know you are being rude are you?"

Goten flapped his arms hysterically, "No! It was nothing, really!"

"Now that we have straightened that one out, I called you here for your opinion on something" Bulma pointed to the next door ahead. While they where walking a loud bang was heard from upstairs, and the entire building shook. Bulma walked to the comm unit next to the door and waved Trunks and Goten inside. In the entire building Bulma´s voice was heard "This is executive officer Bulma speaking. There was a small explosion in the 3b residence, everything is under control, thank you for your attention"

"Guess your dad broke the gravity machine again huh"

"Yep, he does that every time, he wants to push on, but the machine won't let him!"

"And that is exactly why we have to work quickly now boys, I guess we have about a minute before my hot tempered man gets down here demanding his woman to fix it so he can go on again" Bulma pulled a rope and a sheet revealed a strange machine. "Welcome the postman's best new friend!"

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"Is anybody here!!!" Krillin´s voice echoed over the lookout. In the distance a door opened and Dende flew towards them.

"You've come to ask me about those strange thunderstorms aren't you?" Dende said on a worried tone.

Krillin noticed Dende´s worried face when he spoke, "Is there something Wrong Dende?"

"I cannot place these strange storms, they feel different than normal thunder storms"
Dende said looking down upon the world. "It's almost like there is something inside those storms"
he continued, dozing off in his own thoughts.

"Inside? I find that unlikely" 18 replied, "I did not detect any strange anomalies coming from those storms"

"No" Krillin interrupted, "I've felt it two… A strange force flows from those dark clouds. I think we'd better inform Goku about this"

"There is no need to do that Krillin" a manly voice spoke to him from behind. Krillin jumped up in fear and turned around to find Goku materialize just in front of him.

"You should really teach me how to do that instant transmission thing so I can scare people two. You almost gave me a heart attack!" Krillin shouted in Goku´s ear.

"Sorry Krillin, I didn't mean to scare you…" Goku said while rubbed his ear. "No much anyway" he smiled.

"You never change do you? You will always be that little kid you once where" Krillin walked towards Goku, jumped up and hugged him "that's why I love you so much!"

18 looked at the two and shook her head a couple of times. "Kids in old bodies… how strange"

"I hate to ruin the happy reunion guys, but look over there" Dende interrupted.

In the distant horizon the skies became pitch-black, the dark rumble was stronger than ever. The front started to build up huge amounts of energy.

18´s eyes widened at the sight of the powerful phenomenon, "Marron!" she shouted rocketing off the lookout in the direction of the clouds. A strong wind picked up from the direction of the front, and it rapidly changed even more aggressive.

Krillin suddenly realized what 18 realized only moments before, the clouds where directly over Kame House.

"Instant Transmission, you must be able to get us there in a split second Goku…" Krillin shouted over the oncoming winds.

"I already tried Krillin, I can't get a fix on Marron, or any other life energy!"

"Then we have no time to lose, lets go!" Krillin shouted rocketing off in the same direction 18 left.

Goku grabbed Krillin´s arm looking in another direction, another front formed in the opposite direction of the first. Krillin nodded and flew onward, Goku blasted off in the direction of the second front.

******

"I've seen lots of storms in my lifetime, but this is ridiculous!" Roshi said looking outside. The coconut tree on the beach leaned heavily under the force of the winds. Roshi gently put his hand on Marron´s butt. "What do you think Marron?" he asked on a slight sexual tone.

Marron grabbed his hand and squeezed it real hard. "I think you should keep your hands to yourself Roshi, and watch the lightshow" she said when she released Roshi´s hand. Outside another flash was discharged from the dark clouds, the thunder that followed shook the entire house.

Turtle was watching from the other window, along with Oolong. Their eyes widened when they saw a small moving light in the distance. Marron and Roshi saw it to, now there where two lights, one emitting smaller flashes of light. The Storm lay down again as fast as it had formed only moments ago. Roshi grabbed a pair of binoculars and looked at the two dots in the distance. Marron ran outside and gazed in the distance.

"Come on you piece of shit… Climb!" Jinx shouted when he pulled on the controls to gain altitude. He looked back trying to evade the oncoming rain of bullets. A warning light was flashing, followed by a acoustic signal.
Jinx´s craft lurched down causing the missile that was launched only moments ago by his pursuer to miss his target. Now he was flying only inches above the water. Again the warning light started flashing. Jinx knew that climbing was impossible, and turning this close to the water would cause the tip of the wing to hit the water… On the horizon Roshi´s island became visible, Jinx saw the silhouette of a young woman gazing right at him.

"What a way to go… DAMN!" he shouted when turning his craft.

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The four on the island watched in terror how the craft hit the water wing first. It rolled over, the wings snapping off as they where made of twigs. They could see the silhouette of a man sitting in the cockpit… not moving. The pursuing craft flew over the sinking wreckage and made a strafing run. The bullets ripped trough the wreck, sparks flew everywhere. Soon afterward the craft disappeared into the waves and the other one flew towards the island.

"Go Inside Marron," Roshi said positioning his body between her and the approaching craft. Marron hesitated, but Roshi insisted by walking backwards towards the door. The strange craft landed on the beach and a warrior wearing a helmet and metal breastplates jumped out. In his red V shaped visor two red bars swiveled from left to right finally locking on to Roshi. When he got closer Roshi felt this was no ordinary warrior, no life-force flowed from it. "Android," he mumbled to himself.

Marron stood behind Roshi with a fearful look in her eyes, her hands squeezed his shoulders. "I think he is the bad guy Roshi" she whispered in fear.

"Woman," the Andriod said on a mild tone pointing its arm to Marron folding it into a fist. "You will be transferred to the breeding station" he continued whilst he slowly walked towards the duo.

"Marron, I will attack him head on, when I do I want you to grab the speeder and race off to get help" Roshi whispered. "There is no time to discuss this… okay?"

"Right" Marron nodded.

Roshi pounced at the android hitting his head with his cane. The android grabbed the cane as if it never hit him and pulled Roshi towards him. "A fighting potential of 159. I am impressed old man," the android said when he landed a blow on Roshi's face sending him flying against the wall of the house.

Marron ran towards Roshi forgetting all he had said, and kneeled down beside him putting his head on her lap. Roshi's body was all bruised up, unconscious. Small streams of blood poured out of a cut on his head coursed by the android's blow. A tear ran down Marron's cheek while she stroked Roshi's head, she loved the old guy, even if he was a little perverted sometimes.

The android lifted off his feet and landed before the two. "How touching," it said reaching down grabbing Marron's arm in a tight grip pulling her away from Roshi "You will come with me"

The android walked towards his craft dragging Marron with him. Marron felt powerless, she saw Roshi lying on the ground. Now, more than ever, she wished she could fight like her mother, than this would not have happened.

Suddenly the tight grip loosened up a little, Marron took advantage of the situation and pulled her arm free and ran back to Roshi. Then she heard a noise from behind the android's craft. A Brown haired young man, slightly younger than trunks appeared from behind the fuselage. There was a cut on his forehead, blood dripping down his chin on his torn shirt. His face was locked in a permanent frown, sometimes flinching as if he was in pain. He shifted in a attack position, firmly burying his right leg in the sand.

"Your fight is with me Andriod, not with them!" the young man shouted.

"The supreme commanders wanted you alive human, unless you resisted," the android replied motionless with no emotional expression whatsoever. "Stand down human, or you will be destroyed," the android continued on a slight undertone.

The, now heavily breathing, man shot forward and swung at the android's head. The android disappeared before his fist reached, reappearing behind him. Judging his facial expression the man realized the mistake when the android dealt out a blow on his head plowing him trough the hot beach sand.

The man remained motionless on the ground when the android walked towards him, his looming shadow engulfing the downed man. The android pointed his arm towards the young man, still motionless, and spread his fingers. The hand started to glow, but then the young man stood up grabbed the android's arm with his left hand and hurled the other at his head. The blow shattered the visor, two artificial eyes looked at him directly as he landed a series of blows on the entire torso. The sound of flesh hitting metal filled the air, until it finally stopped. The android fell down to the ground, the entire torso ripped open. The young man panted heavily, blood dripping from his knuckles. He kneeled down and reached into the torso, when he retracted his hand he was holding a small chip. A smile came on his face as he stood up and limped towards Marron.

Marron looked up to the brown-haired man, she knew this was the guy from the other craft, the one that disappeared into the waves earlier. "There is nothing to fear, the danger is over for now" the young man said to her. "Don't worry about me, the old man needs your help more than I do" he continued. Marron saw how he fell down on his knees, his eyes turning away when the rest of his body fell to the ground. His breath moved the grass which indicated he was only unconscious.

Chapter 2