Announcer: Last time on Dragonball Z! As Vegeta and the Ambassador’s fray continues, a different kind of confrontation was taking place away from their battle field. Piccolo, had to say goodbye to Wishnik as he slowly died. But Wishnik would not go without a final plea; don’t let Lord Zucc’s ship land. And so, our heroes are reassembling around Piccolo to hear Wishnik’s final plan. But will it be enough? And what of the two remaining aliens? Stay tuned for Dragonball Z! Lord Zucc’s Demise At the Kame House (Master Roshi is asleep inside. Everyone else is going about business as usual; Yamcha comes racing in) Yamcha: Hey guys, is everything all right here? Chi Chi: Well hello Yamcha. Don’t you know how to knock?? Yamcha: Chi Chi! You’re all right. Good! Gohan sent me to check on you! Chi Chi: Want do you mean SENT YOU??? WHERE’S MY GOHAN?? I WANT TO SEE HIM RIGHT NOW!!! Yamcha: I’m sorry Chi Chi! He wanted to go with Piccolo! And I’m not about to cross either of them!! Chi Chi: (calm again) Well Yamcha. I hope you know this will be the last adventure you recruit my son for. He needs to be studying. SAVING THE WORLD WON’T GET YOU INTO COLLEGE AND YOU AND YOUR HOOLIGAN FRIENDS ARE A FINE EXAMPLE OF THAT!! I WON’T LET MY GOHAN HAVE MUSCLES FOR BRAINS! AND FURTHERMORE I---ohhh...(doubles over slightly as the baby in her starts kicking harder) Yamcha: Well I’d better get back to them. You guys take it easy. (starts to leave, but Choatzu grabs his arm) Choatzu: Where’s Tien?? Yamcha: He’s with Gohan and Piccolo, fighting the aliens. He’ll be back soon. Don’t worry. I’ll tell him you said hi--- Choatzu: NO! I’m coming with you. Lead the way! Yamcha: Hey, are you sure you want to do this?? You’re nothing compared to these guys! Bulma: (getting involved) Neither are you if I recall correctly Yamcha! Now if Choatzu wants to come, you should let him! Maybe he’ll be able to help! I’ll bet he trains just as hard as you do so why shouldn’t he get to fight if he wants??!! (silence from Yamcha) WELL?? ARE YOU GOING TO LET HIM GO OR WHAT?? Yamcha: (kind of scared) Sure, whatever. (starts to fly away) Choatzu: (aside) Thank you Bulma. You don’t know how much this means to me. Bulma: Actually, I think I do. Make sure Vegeta’s all right while you’re there if you can. Choatzu: Sure. (follows Yamcha) Cut to Piccolo and Wishnik’s corpse Piccolo: (quietly) Well Wishnik, rest in peace my friend. You may not’ve lived a good life, but at least you died like a hero. (uses a small ki blast to make a whole to bury Wishnik in; Gohan and Tien arrive) Gohan: Piccolo! What’s going on?!? I thought we were going to go help Vegeta! Tien: Yeah. What gives? (sees Wishnik’s body) Whoa, what happened to him? Piccolo: Everything. Two of his teammates ganged up on him, then Vegeta. But his sacrifice won’t be for nothing. Tien: huh? Sacrifice? Gohan: Yeah. Wasn’t he one of the bad guys? Piccolo: Not in the end. He told me how we can defeat Lord Zucc. His ship is on its way. Gohan: So that’s whoose power level I’ve been sensing? Piccolo: Yeah kid. According to Wishnik, he’s bad news. (lifts Wishnik’s corpse into the hole) He said if his ship lands, our planet is doomed. Tien: What?? Oh no! Piccolo: But we’re not letting him land. Gohan: Piccolo, but how?? Piccolo: Let me finish. (covers the hole and stands up; almost sounds as if he’s giving a eulogy) Wishnik was the man behind all the ships in Lord Zucc’s fleet. He knew everything about Lord Zucc’s flagship, incluing that it has a weak spot. And he told me where it is to atone for what was almost a life of total disregard. (some clouds drift apart and the descending ship becomes visable) Tien: I didn’t know the ship was that close! So where’s the weak spot? Piccolo: Right below its only window. See it? Gohan: It doesn’t look like a weak spot to me. Are you sure this will work? Tien: Yeah. That guy was one of them--- Piccolo: If you two are that distrusting, you don’t have to help. (begins to power up for an attack) Tien: You mean you’re going to hit it now? Its may be closer than it was, but its still so far away! Hitting the weak spot from here is going to be hard. Piccolo: If we’re going to attack the ship, we have to now or the explosion will destroy the Earth. Tien: What?!? NO WAY! Gohan: I’ll help you Piccolo! Tien: Three attacking would increase our odds of hitting it if you're so set on this...I'm in. Piccolo: Fine. Then we attack now. Gohan: Yeah! Piccolo: (starts) Masneko... Gohan: Ka-me... Tien: Tri-Beam... Gohan: ha-me... Together: HA!!! (The three attacks combine and go crashing at their target, the distant space ship. The attack looks to be on target and they watch them collide, exactly below the window; the three wait in silence. Nothing happens) Tien: Darn! What’s wrong?? Why isn’t it exploding? Piccolo: Wait for it... Gohan: (intently watching the skies) (suddenly the space ship seems to hang in the air and there is an earthshattering ka-boom. The sky has become an inferno and flames are raining down.) Piccolo: EVERYONE MOVE! WE NEED TO FIND COVER! (the three scatter) Cut to Vegeta and The Ambassador The Ambassador: (looks up and sees the explosion) The ship?!? What has happened?? (feels Lord Zucc’s power level vanish; laughs) Lord Zucc is dead! Long live Lord Slap! I’m next in chain of command! CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY VEGETA, YOU’RE GOING TO BE KILLED BY REAL NOBILITY! Vegeta: You’re all talk. Come on! (The Ambassador runs at Vegeta; he proves faster than Vegeta thought him to be. He sends Vegeta flying into a cliffside) The Ambassador: THIS IS OVER! I MUST CLAIM MY TROOPS! BIG BANG ATTACK! (The Ambassador finishes off Vegeta with his own attack in a matter of moments. Suddenly Tazo arrives) I truly enjoyed my audience with you, Princess Vegeta. Tazo: (panting) A-Ambassador! The Ambassador: TAZO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK?!? YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE FINDING THE DRAGONBALLS! (suddenly senses Tazo’s power level) Hey! What’s wrong with you? What happened to your power? Tazo: My disk malfunctioned, sir. And it released all my energy. The Ambassador: (looks over at him) Malfunctioned?!? MALFUNCTIONED?? DON’T LIE!! THAT’S BROKEN IF I EVER SAW IT!!! YOU LET ONE OF THOSE LOW-LIFE HUMANS RUIN YOU! IDIOT! (walks towards Tazo with the intent of finishing him off) ANY LAST REQUESTS, FOOL? Tazo: Sir, you can’t kill me. The Ambassador: Whyever not? Tazo: Because then you’ll be alone. The Ambassador: WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS?? Tazo: Nano and Wibbler were killed by locals and I fear Wishnik met a similar fate. And judging by that explosion, we’re leaderless as well. I say we get out of here while its still an option. The Ambassador: You forget Tazo. I’m still here. And I can defeat all these petty Earth creatures myself. Take that one as your model. (points at Vegeta) One of their strongest, reduced to refuse. (kicks Vegeta while he’s down) These people are nothing to us! SO SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, AND SEE HOW ITS DONE!! Tazo: (cockily) Yes sir. Whatever you say. (his disk registers power levels) Hey, my disk is still working....sort of. AMBASSADOR! WE’VE GOT COMPANY! (points) The Ambassador: Hmm...So I see... (Piccolo, Tien, and Gohan are flying towards The Ambassador and Tazo; The Ambassador begins walking over to meet them while Tazo stands aside) Tazo: (thinking) "I still think escape was a good idea, but its the ambassador’s funeral, not mine. Regardless of who wins, I don’t plan on making this planet my resting place! If things get bad, I’m getting out of here!" Announcer: Sounds like there’s dissention in the ranks of Lord Slap’s two person army. Are the Ambassador’s days numbered? Or will the Z fighters be stopped by one man? Stay tuned for scenes from the next exciting episode of Dragonball Z!