Dragon Ball Z: Paradise Found

Till Time Travel Do Us Part

People taking solace in the God's Temple crowded outside and pointed at the Capsule Corps Star as it centered in for what seemed like would be another sky-piercing beam trying to crack through the mystical protections of the God's Temple. The massive cybernetic structure rumbled and sent a wave of gasps amongst the crowd while Kami Upa eased people out of his way, stepping out into the vanguard to prepare for doing what he had to protect his people.

The Star rumbled again. Then went completely silent. Before long, Kami Upa's eyes fixed on a lone dot high up that took no time at all to close in within visible distance. A woman in a qipao-style dress and another one wearing an orange turtleneck and a lab coat dived through the mystical barrier. A flying toddler with lavender-colored hair soared beside the two women while the two descended onto the tower and their feet pressed against the ground.

Bulma stumbled over and began panting. A droplet of sweat ran down her forehead and trickled down onto the magically enchanted white tiles. Having spent her moment of self-reflection of how close she could have been to dying yet again, Bulma stood on her feet and turned her eyes up at the sky-bound Capsule Corps Star that had become her death trap after Dr. Puri had hacked it.

"Well... It's clear that whoever made that piece of junk has left a bunch of security flaws in it. I guess a bunch of upgrades are in order before I work on it again," Bulma sighed. "Should've known better than to trust a machine that wasn't entirely put together and programmed by me."

The crowd began rustling in unease. Bulma rushed off to do damage control so that the reputation of her company didn't crack through the ground, dragging Bulma and her family down under alongside it. Little Trunks stretched his arms and legs. He must've still been too young to comprehend death all that well, so it didn't look like he was too bothered or traumatized by being trapped in a massive artificial planetoid that could've crashed or self-destructed at any time.

"Hmm? Hey, it's Tenshinhan!" Chi-Chi turned to the east and pointed at a couple of faraway dots on the horizon where she sensed familiar Ki.

"His Ki is still considerable. He must not have had much trouble disposing of his Artificial Human," Kami Upa observed before a trio of figures closed in to the tower in a blink. While Tenshinhan stopped in mid-air and plunged right down to the base of God's Temple, the other guest stopped in place and bellowed in pain as violet electricity began popping and snapping all around him.

"Damn!" Tenshinhan cursed, sliding across the floor and taking a dive off of the God's Temple to catch Dr. Flappe in mid-air before he swooped back up and placed the scientist back on the solid ground. "Super Artificial Human No. 8, back up a bit. The God's Tower has mystical protections that were amplified recently. They won't let any artificial being or vehicle through."

"Oh... I see..." Super Artificial Human No. 8 backed up. The brute struggled and winced in pain while having to move around.

"That's Eighter!?" Chi-Chi exclaimed in surprise. "What happened to him? Did Puri get her man-stealing hands on him?"

"Not quite. I've encountered some problems dealing with Artificial Human No. One-Six. It was fortunate that Dr. Flappe and Artificial Human No. 8 weren't too far away and hurried to my aid. Artificial Human No. 8 used the ability of Artificial Humans to absorb and assimilate pieces of other destroyed models to power up and became Super Artificial Human No. 8, the model you see here," Tenshinhan broke it down without going into too much detail.

"Amazing... Bone fide magical force field, or so it would seem at first glance..." Dr. Flappe stroked his chin while observing the field of static energy that became more intense and easily capable of hurting and restricting even a Super Android.