Scarlet had returned to Hercule's home after her late arrival to aid Vegeta. On her way back however. She had found Korin's tower and gotten a bag full of senzu beans, while Korin and Yajirobe were distracted.
Hercule noticed Scarlet had entered the home, he looked at her with confusion and a lok of horror. "H-Hey Uh....you got something on you."
Scarlet glanced at her blood soaked clothes. "Oh, yeah...don't worry about it." She walked off to the bathroom to clean up once more.
Buu who had been idly standing by the window turned to look at Mr. Satan. "Pale lady back? What went wrong?"
Hercule turned to look at the Majin as he shrugged slightly. "I don't know Buu, but she was covered in something...I don't want to think of it as blood..."
Scarlet stood in the shower, a cold one this time. The cold water soothed her, kept her awake and alert. The blood on her body, went down the shower drain. She closed her eyes, taking in the feeling of the ice cold water against her, she didn't move or say a word. Her mind was racing with so many thoughts. And yet, a devious grin played at her lips.
She had killed Goten yes, but she knew it had to be done. Goten was a host to Baby, he had been infected and there was no changing that. Not with how Baby planned on Tuffleizing the entire planet. Which reminds her, she needs to make Buu and Hercule aware of this, so they can avoid being turned.
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Meanwhile, upon the look out. Goku, Pan and Trunks' ship returned from their journey across the stars to gather the Black Star Dragon Balls. But they have yet to notice the changes Baby had done to Earth's people and their friends and family.
"Goku, welcome back." Dende spoke. "How was the journey?"
Goku stood there, arms behind his head as he grinned. "We got all seven black star balls!"
Popo smiled a bit. "That's good, we'll hold onto them and put them back where they belong."
Goku nodded as Pan stepped forward handing the black star balls over to Dende and Popo, Trunks crossed his arms as he glanced around a little bit. "Man it's good to be back on Earth." He walked away from the two as Giru followed him. "Pan, Goku. I'm heading home. Giru you can come with, my mom should be able to work getting the Dragon Radar out of you."
Giru didn't say anything as the little robot flew next to Trunks, Pan and Goku glanced at each other before nodding their heads. Goku glanced back at Dende for a moment. "Make sure you hide those well, we don't want another incident like before."
"But what about you returning to normal size?" Dende asked.
Goku paused as he chuckled. "Oh yeah, but using the black star balls, will just mean having to look for them all over again."
Pan crossed her arms as she tapped her foot, she was growing hungry and tired and needed a shower. "Come on grandpa, lets go. I'm starving."
Goku gave Pan a knowing nod as both he and Pan flew off, as they flew away. Dende glanced at the black star balls with a smirk. "Now we can give these to Lord Baby.."
Popo nodded in agreement as he and Dende went to put them into the grail in order to hand them over to Baby when it was time.
Miles away, at Capsule Corp, Trunks had returned home, Giru by his side, but the robot's sensors were going off. "Danger, Giru detects danger. Trunks be careful."
Trunks didn't seem bothered by this, it was probably just Giru's sensors sensing Vegeta and his menacing aura. "That's probably just you being paranoid Giru." Trunks finally spoke. "My dad has that menacing feel to him, but he's not all that bad."
Vegeta who was on the catwalk off to the side, stood there arms crossed. "Ah, Trunks you're back, lets get going. Your mother has dinner waiting."
Trunks' eyes lit up at the sound of home cooked food, it had been ages since he had his mothers cooking. Trunks hurried over as Giru still felt dread and uneasiness. "Danger Trunks, danger."
"Relax Giru, there isn't any danger around." Trunks spoke, oh but little did he know, there indeed was danger about. He just didn't know it yet.
As Trunks and Giru followed Vegeta further into Capsule Corp and into their home. Bulma made herself know. "Welcome home Trunks."
Trunks turned to the sound of his mothers voice as he sheepishly rubbed his arm. "Hey mom."
Bulma walked past him, her gaze had zero emotion, no tears of joy to see her baby boy. Just a blank stare. "You know Trunks, you've been a very bad boy." She didn't say more as she went into the kitchen. "I'll have your father deal with your punishment."
Trunks was puzzled at this turn of events, but Vegeta spoke. "It's been a long time, eh son?"
Trunks nodded lightly. "Yeah it feels like centuries."
Vegeta smirked. "Oh I'm sure it has, the last time we've seen each other was on...M-2." His appearance changed, but that smirk still stayed. "Right...Saiyan?"
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Elsewhere Goku and Pan returned home, no one greeted them. But the smell of food filled the home. Goku grinned as he entered the house with Pan. "Hey we're back, man am I starving."
Pan grinned from ear to ear. "Mama, we're home. We managed to gather all the black star balls." She put both hands up in the air, a small victory pose.
In the kitchen, Chi-Chi and Videl had that same emotionless gaze in their eyes as Bulma did, they didn't answer the two. Nor did they acknowledge them, they were cleaning the dishes and preparing food. Pan came running into the kitchen and hugged Videl from behind. Goku went over to sit at the table as Pan looked up at Videl.
"Mama, we gave the dragon balls to Dende so he and Mr. Popo could hide them for safety." Pan spoke.
But her words fell on deaf ears, Goku grabbed a fried shrimp and was about to eat it, but Chi-Chi slapped his hand with soup ladle. Winching in pain and surprise, Goku rubbed his red sore hand. "Ow, what was that for? Is this because I still look like an eight year old? I'll get that fixed, I promise."
Not a word came from Chi-Chi, Pan walked over to the table as she sat down next to Goku, the silence filled the air. Both Goku's and Pan's stomachs rumbled as Goku leaned back in the chair. "When can we eat? My stomach is barking at me."
Still no words were spoken by the two women, the more Chi-Chi and Videl brought food over, the more it made Pan and Goku hungry. Pan spoke up however. "Hey, mama....can we eat, please?"
Chi-Chi then snapped, her gaze turning towards the table. "Shut your mouth, you filthy Saiyans. There's not enough food for the likes of you both."
Goku cocked his head to the side. "Whaddya mean? There's more than enough, there's enough here for four people."
Now usually this is when Goten comes in, but since he died by the hands of Scarlet. The only one who came into the room was Gohan. "Don't forget about me dad, it's been a while."
Goku jumped down from his seat as did Pan, Goku grinned. "Long time no see Gohan, where's you Goten?"
Pan smiled as she was about to run over to hug Gohan, but Gohan held his hand out in front of him. "You Saiyans are an eyesore."
Pan backed up towards the table, Goku noticing the change in Gohan's demeanor. "Gohan, what is this about?"
But Gohan didn't answer Goku.
Gohan simply smirked and turned Super Saiyan. Pan turned her head to look at Chi-Chi and Videl. "Mama, Grandma....what's going on?"
Chi-Chi glanced towards Gohan. "Kill Goku, now."
Those words hit Pan and Goku hard like bricks to the stomach. Gohan chuckled as he powered up more, Goku braced himself as the massive power in ki surged Gohan to charge up a pink ki blast.
"What in the world has gotten into you? " Goku asked. "What changed?"
But Gohan didn't answer, he fired the ki blast as Goku blocked, the house blew up as Goku and Pan flew away from the shining pink ki explosion. But two stray ki blasts followed them. Both of them got hit as Pan braced herself, floating upside down.
"Hey what gives? I save the Earth, and I get attacked by my own dad?" Pan asked.
Goku still noticed the absence of Goten, something wasn't right. It wasn't usually like Goten to be missing. "Something's wrong here Pan.."
Gohan smirked as he fired a ki blast towards Pan, Pan's eyes went wide as tears began to well up in her eyes. Goku hurried to block it, but Gohan grabbed Goku and flung him around, but something or someone did block the ki blast from hitting Pan, but the ki blast exploded.
Gohan threw Goku as Goku came crashing down towards the ground. "That does it!" He got up as he noticed someone standing over Pan. "Get away from her!"
Scarlet heard Goku, her gaze turning towards him, she didn't say anything. She whistled as Mr. Satan and Buu came over. Hercule grabbed Pan up as Buu began flying with the two. Getting as far away as possible from the area. The Grimm girl smirked as she crossed her arms, she glanced up at Gohan. "So, you still haven't found Goten huh?"
Gohan glanced down. "You..."
Goku looked confused. "Who are you?"
Scarlet didn't answer Goku, but she did speak. "Goten's dead. I killed him, you're down one Tuffle short Baby."
Something in Goku ached, hearing those words come from Scarlet's mouth. He was angry, but right now. He didn't have time to deal with her.
"Oh is that what happened to Goten? I'm not surprised." Baby's voice spoke as Vegeta was floating over head. "He was a useless host anyway." Baby smirked as he glanced down at the two. "Now I can take my revenge on the two of you at once!"
The air blew as it was now two against two, Goku still felt that pain from those words that he heard. Goten, dead. He couldn't shake that feeling from his mind. Still, that would explain a lot. Baby was on Earth, and he had already done his job. It was just him and Scarlet against Gohan and Vegeta now.