Super Dragon Ball: Paradise Hysteria

Dark Planet Landing

"Hmm... So, this is that Dark Planet?" Goku pressed his face to the porthole, trying to get as close of a look at the approaching gas giant as he could. Gohan sighed and shook his head, frustrated at his father's naivete, thinking that he could get any better of a look if he only shoved his face harder into the tempered glass. "I can't sense any Ki signatures on it. Are you sure that it's got strong guys to fight?"

"That's not why we're here, Kakarot!" Vegeta grumbled with his arms crossed. "This is the planet from which Destron Gas hails. It's capable of producing monsters and Ghost Warriors by absorbing emotions and thoughts from its environment. It's been causing Videl and Trunks trouble but, if left unchecked, it might become a nuisance for the whole Planet Earth."

"Huh? Really!? Videl-san? Is she okay?" Gohan jumped up, realizing that it may have been a few days since he last checked up on his lively and passionate student. He's been so absorbed in training with his father and grandfather and preparing to study at a normal school for the first time in just a few weeks that the fact he and Videl had a deal completely vanished from his mind.

"Your and Chayote's little pet project is fine," Vegeta rolled his eyes, looking as if he was almost disgusted by the belated care that the young teen showed. "Luckily, the Ghost Warriors she fought were some bunch of pathetic losers that bothered Earth, whose emotional baggage still lingered in the atmosphere. From what I've heard Trunks brag about, they faced some blue demon monster, some Namekian pirate, and that renegade Saiyan Turles."

"Blue demon monster...?" Goku scratched his chin while scanning the ceiling over his head to figure out what Vegeta may have meant by that. "Maybe it sounds a bit like that Garlick guy, though it could've been one of Shura's lot. And the Namekian pirate has got to be Slug!" the excited Saiyan slammed his fist like a hammer at his open hand.

"Really? Videl-san handled Slug already? That's impressive!" Gohan exclaimed in surprise. Before the conversation could continue any further, a powerful shock rumbled the spacecraft and would've tossed the onboard party of Saiyans around if it weren't for their ability to fly. Staying in control in the face of extreme turbulence, Vegeta hovered over to the porthole and looked around.

The spaceship had entered the outermost layer of the Dark Planet's atmosphere. For whatever reason, violet electricity currents had been surging all over this thick layer of black gaseous clouds and ceaselessly cracked at the spaceship's surface, lighting the entire spacecraft up and threatening to short-circuit its electrical systems and drop it dead on the planet's surface.

"Damn it! What the hell is that!?" Vegeta ground his teeth while shaking his fists. Despite all his power, he couldn't have felt more helpless. Even if the violet lightning storm tore the entire spaceship apart, it was a safe bet that the three of them could've survived, though it remained unclear what the conditions on this Dark Planet were. If the gas was treacherous or poisonous for them, they would've been in a bunch of trouble and all three of them probably had skeletons in their minds that they wouldn't have liked to see as Ghost Warriors opposing them. Not to mention, with the spaceship being torn asunder, they'd be left stranded on this forsaken gaseous dump.

"Doesn't this spaceship have Destron vacuums?" Gohan hovered up to Vegeta while the ship's electronics shot out sparks in all directions and sent electrical jolts arcing from one system and transmitting the electromagnetic malady to the others.

"Not enough to purify this whole stupid planet! Look around, twerp, this entire planet's atmosphere is all pure Destron!" Vegeta moved aside a little to get Gohan to get a look. "We don't have a choice, we have to ride this ship for what it's worth. If it holds, we'll see where we can find some safety from all these currents, if not–we'll fly off to whatever cover from Destron we can find here. Wait... No one said anything mind-numbingly stupid in a while. Where's Kakarot...?"