Announcer: Last time on Dragonball Z! Only one of the aliens from Planet Zucc is still a threat thanks to the Z fighters! Unfortunately this final obstacle between them and peace is Slap, the Ambassador of Planet Zucc. He is strongest of the aliens, plus he has a special attack; to absorb the fighting techniques of any fighter he touches?? Say it ain’t so Piccolo! But what’s this? Our heroes have a plan; to try and overload the Ambassador’s power by all touching him at once! But the ambassador becomes aware of the plan, and to everyone’s shock, dares them to try it. Its never worked before. And so our heroes touch the hand of the Ambassador; will it spell victory or doom?? Find out today on Dragonball Z! The Clash’s Close The Ambassador: (extends his arm) Don’t worry. I’ll be happy to burst your bubble for you. (steps towards them) Go ahead, touch my hand. All five of you. Same time. I’ll even count you down. This will be fun! 10....(cut to Yamcha looking angry)... ....9....(cut to Choatzu still looking scared and Tien trying to remain calm)... ....8.....(cut to Gohan, standing ready)... ...7...6....(cut to Vegeta, he moans slightly).... (count speeds up)....5.......4........3.....2......(cut to Piccolo looking focused)... Piccolo and the Ambassador together: One. (everyone touches the Ambassador’s hand at once; there is a blinding flash of light) Cut to Android 17 in the bar Android 17: So, how long do you have to work in this place? Tim: Oh, not too much longer. Couple more hours. (the three figures in circus clothes who’d been sitting at the other end of the bar begin trying to get Tim’s attention) BE THERE IN A SEC! (Android 17 watches her go. She takes the three people in circus clothes’s orders and then comes back) Android 17: Who are those people? Tim: Dunno. They come in here a lot. They don’t tell me anything and I don’t ask---(a yell is heard from the other side of the room) Lunch: OW!!! (walks out of the storage room holding her head and carrying Tim’s dragonball) Tim, watch where you leave your stupid junk!! (throws it at her) (Tim lets out a scream and ducks; Android 17 catches the dragonball) Android 17: So what are these things again? Tim: They’re dragonballs. There’s seven of em....or was it eight? Lunch: There’s seven. And if you get em all, you get a wish. Some dumb kid I used to know was always lookin for em. He didn’t even have a reason for it. He was such a little idiot. Wonder whatever happened to him. I haven’t seen him since Tien died. Tim: Dunno. Maybe he wished he was smarter and got out of this dead-end life we live. (Lunch smiles and goes back to work) Android 17: (gives Tim back her dragonball) So, are you planning on finding the other ones? Tim: I thought about it, but it seems like a lot of work. You want to? I’ll give you this one. Android 17: I’ll have to think about that. How’d you find it anyway? Tim: It happened about a year ago. I was inside and I hear this weird whistling noise. I went outside to check it out, and the dragonball cracked me on the head. I guess I was lucky I only got a minor concussion. It was just a regular rock then though. I kept it as a door stop. Then a few weeks ago it changed into a dragonball. Cool, huh? Android 17: (nods) Can you wish for anything? Tim: As far as I know. Android 17: (thinking) "Dragonballs, huh? 18 told me Goku’s friends asked the dragon for everyone killed by Cell to be brought back to life so thats how I’m still alive. I’d thank them, but letting them live is thanks enough. And the whole concept's kind of farfetched. I wonder why they didn’t bring back Android 16? Or maybe he’s alive, and we just haven’t found him." So they can bring people back from the dead? (rolls his eyes) Lunch: (walking back over) They can. I’ve seen it done. Who died? Android 17: Nobody. One of my sister’s friends. He was a big ugly guy.He might just be lost. He was as dumb as he was ugly. (clearly lying) I don’t miss him, but she does. Tim: You could get the dragon to find him. Lunch: And if he’s dead, you could wish him back. Tim: This is a good conversation topic! What'd you ask the dragon for Lunch? Anything? Lunch: Oh, I definately know what I’d wish for; No more cops. I get tired of em chasing me all the time. (serves some people their drinks) Android 17: Cops are annoying. Tim: Come on Lunch. You’d miss the attention. Android 17: What’re they after you for anyway? Tim: (laughs) Come back when you’ve got a few weeks free and I’ll read you Miss Lunch’s criminal record. (Lunch hits her) Hey! I’m talking here! Lunch: You’re supposed to be working! Tim: Oh. Right! (Tim goes back to work; Android 17 continues to sit. He’s been given something to think about) Lunch: Hey, my shift’s almost over. (looks over at 17) You’ve been here a long time... Tim: I still say he has problems and he's still here because he's been waiting for someone to pick up on them. Android 17: Me? With problems? Yeah right. Tim: If you say so. (goes back to work) One of the circus people: (sits a few stools down from Android 17) Hey handsome. What’re you up to? Android 17: (coldly) Leave me alone. I don’t need anything else on my mind. Tim: (walking by, carrying a tray of drinks) HA! I knew it! You have things on your mind. That means problems. Circus person: (mad; thinks) "How dare he ignore me? (looking over at Tim) Why's he talk to HER? What does she have that I haven't got? Well I'll have the last laugh! (trips Tim) OOPS! Tim: Hey! (Android 17 is quick enough to catch Tim before she hits the ground, but her tray of drinks goes flying. It hits a man who was walking into the bar; he promptly turns into a woman) Ooops! Sorry Ranma! Ranma: Why does this always happen to me?? (leaves) Android 17: (thinks) "I must be seeing things. Man, what did goku's friends do to me while I was out?" I've graced this place with my presence long enough I think. (gets up) Tim: Aww. You leaving? I’m sorry to see you go. Well, bye! Come back soon! Come visit Lunch if you’re ever near the jail! (Lunch hits her again) OW! Android 17: (thinking) "Women. Are they all such fools?" Cut back to the action (The flash of light slowly begins to fade away; it was almost as if someone had done a solar flare attack. Choatzu is the first to regain his sight, but words almost escape him.) Choatzu: Oh no! Tien! TIEN! Tien: Choatzu, what’s wrong? Choatzu: It didn’t work! Piccolo: WHAT?! (regains his sight and sees the Ambassador standing unharmed) No! Kami, you fool! I’m never listening to your ideas again! The Ambassador: (laughs) I told you it would never work, but did you listen? No! So you’ve sealed your fate. SAY HELLO TO NANO WHEN YOU REACH PURGATORY! (Without warning, The Ambassador grabs Choatzu and throws him into Yamcha. He then effortlessly kicks Tien to the ground. Only Piccolo and Gohan still stand.) The Ambassador: (picks up Gohan) You sure are young. Eager to meet your grave? Gohan: Not from someone like you! You’ll never beat us! Piccolo: (snuck behind the Ambassador and kicks him in the back of the head; The Ambassador steps out of the way, catches Piccolo’s leg and thows him) GOHAN! Gohan: YOU LEAVE PICCOLO ALONE! (powers up more, freeing himself from the Ambassador’s grip) You’re day of tormenting Earth is done! KA-ME-HA-ME-HA!! (Gohan’s kamehameha wave goes sailing towards the Ambassador) The Ambassador: Simple enough. I’ll just mimick it! KA-ME-HA-(There is suddenly a sound like a scratch in a record)-BEAM CANNON! (nothing happens) NO! MY POWERS! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY POWERS??? (is hit with the kamehameha and knocked several meters) Piccolo: (gets up and laughs) Looks like Kami was right after all. The Ambassador lived through the shock of absorbing the powers of seven people, but all attacks he could’ve gained from it were lost. The Ambassador: Seven? There are only five people here! Wait a minute, you’re a namek, aren’t you? One of their abilities is to--- Piccolo: Mearge with other fighters to increase their power? Yes I know. I’ve done it a few times. And Kami bet that those extra two people would throw your absorbing ability off. Sorry. Looks like you’ve lost. The Ambassador: (getting up from the kamehameha, looks around panickedly; thinks) "There’s too many of them! And I can’t win without energy attacks!" TAZO! WE’RE LEAVING! NOW! Tazo: (pops up from behind a rock) Right away sir! (yells out something in the language of Planet Zucc; suddenly, The Ambassador’s ship is in front of them. The two board it.) The Ambassador: YOU’LL BE SORRY YOU WEREN’T QUICKER TO KILL US EARTHLINGS! WE’LL BE BACK! Tazo: (focuses his energy into one kick and knocks The Ambassador unconscious with it) NO WE WON’T!!!! (is a cowardly fashion) Sorry about the mess. No hard feelings, right? Have a nice day now! (the ship’s hatch closes and it begins to disappear into the sky) Choatzu: (getting up) Hurray! We won! Yamcha: Yeah. And it was a team effort! Tien: Piccolo, tell Kami thanks for the idea. Piccolo: (nods) I’m just glad it worked. Yamcha: We’d better get back to Master Roshi’s and tell the others what happened. Tien: Yea. (Yamcha, Tien, and Choatzu take flight) Gohan, you coming? Gohan: In a minute! (The other three fly off) Are you coming with us Piccolo? Piccolo: No thanks kid. I need to get back to the look out. Gohan: Oh. Wait a minute, where’d Vegeta go? Piccolo: He slipped away a while ago. I think this fight gave him something new to train for. Don’t worry about him. He’s fine. (awkward pause; rests his hand on Gohan’s head) You take care of yourself okay kid? Gohan: Sure Piccolo. Oh and tell Dende I said hi. I’ll be over to visit soon. Piccolo: Sure. That’d be great. See ya. (Piccolo and Gohan both fly back to their respective destinations) Cut to Wishnik, on Snake Way Wishnik: Hey, where am I? (sees halo) BY THE CREATOR! I’M DEAD! Man: (walking over) Hey! What’s all the yelling about? Wishnik: I’m dead! Man: Hey, that’s okay. Everyone’s dead here. This is snake way. Wishnik: Snake way? What’s that? Man: Its a road. You go to it when you die. And if you go that way (points) you’ll get to King Yama’s place. He’ll tell you where to go. Tell him Goku sent you! Wishnik: So that’s your name? Goku? Goku: Yep. And that’s my friend King Kai over there. And that’s Gregory and Bubbles. (points them out as he says their names) Wishnik: (looks frightenedly over at King Kai) What manner of beast is he? He looks like a giant bug or maybe he’s some sort of sea lifeform? Goku: Wow, that’s a good question. Maybe we should ask him--- King Kai: I CAN HEAR YOU TWO AND YOU BOTH NEED TO LEARN SOME RESPECT! Wishnik: Oh no I made it mad! (bows and calls over) My apologies sir. Goku: Don’t worry, he was mad before you came. I kinda blew up his house. Wishnik: Oh my. What’s he doing over there? Goku: Building a new house. Wishnik: Oh. I suppose that makes sense. So what happens if you go the other direction on skake way? Goku: You get to where King Kai's house used to be. You're better off going to King Yama's. There's nothing over there now. Wishnik: Know what? Goku: What? Wishnik: You sound like you’ve been through this before. Goku: Oh really? Well I have! Wishnik: Well that certainly explains it. Goku: You should probably go. Don’t want to keep King Yama waiting. Wishnik: You’re right. It was nice meeting you all. (bows again, more hurriedly) Goodbye! (begins running down snake way) Goku: OH! BY THE WAY! DON’T FALL OFF! Wishnik: ALL RIGHT! THANKS! Goku: DON’T MENTION IT! Announcer: What’s this? A surprise cameo by our hero Goku? Android 17 still in the bar? Wishnik on his way to see King Yama? It looks like we’re going to need another episode to finish this one off. Stay tuned for scenes from the next episode of Dragonball Z!