Announcer: LAST TIME ON DRAGONBALL Z! While Bulma was making plans to go visit Gohan, Yamcha was ambushed by a strange creature named Nano! Yamcha was quickly overwhelmed but, as luck would have it, who should join the fight but Android 17! Android 17 proves to be helpful, but the battle wasn’t over yet! While Yamcha was distracted by the arrival of Krillin and Tien, Nano sent a strange desperation attack hurtling at our heroes! What will happen? Find out today on Dragonball Z! An Interesting Turn Krillin: ANDROID 17! LOOK OUT! (Nano’s horrible blue fireball impacts in an explosion of smoke; Yamcha, Krillin, Tien, and Android 17 are all knocked out; the mountainside has been leveled for about an 100 yard radius) Nano: (standing among the wreckage) Well that should take care of the resistance here. I’d better report back to Lord Zucc. (flies away) (Yamcha is the first to start to awaken) Yamcha: Oww, what was that? Tien: (waking up) I don’t know. I’ve never seen anything like that before. (hears a moan behind him) Oh no! Krillin! Krillin: Hey, I’m all right; I just got thrown a bit. Tien: We can go to Korin’s tower and get you a sensu bean if you want. Krillin: No, I’ll be okay. Hey, wasn’t Android 17 here a minute ago? Yamcha: He probably got out of here LONG before the explosion--wait, what’s that? (one of the piles of rock that was once a mountain begins to shift a little; Android 17 manages to pull himself out from under it) Krillin: Wow, he doesn’t look too good. Maybe we should help him-- Yamcha: Help HIM? Are you crazy? He’s an android---! (voice from above) "And WHAT is wrong with being an android?" (Android 18 lands next to her fallen brother) Android 18: 17, are you all right? Android 17: Of course I am. You worry too much 18. (manages to get himself back to his feet) Android 18: Well, then can we go? Android 17: Go? Go where? Android 18: You promised you’d take me shopping today 17. Don’t you remember? Android 17: Of course I remember, but I don’t really feel like going. That okay with you? Android 18: You don’t feel like it? What do you expect me to do, go by myself? Android 17: Sure. Why not? Android 18: Because---well--what if I’d need a second opinion about an outfit? And only losers go shopping by themselves anyway. Android 17: Whatever. (looks over at Tien, Krillin, and Yamcha a few meters away; gets an idea) Hey, you! The little guy with the shiny head! Come here! Krillin: (little yell) Gyah! (to Yamcha and Tien) What’s he want with me? Tien: I’d stay back. Who knows what they’re planning? Krillin: I don’t think he’ll try anything. I’m goin. (starts to walk over) (back on the other side of the former mountainside) Android 18: 17, what are you doing? Android 17: (meets Krillin halfway) Do me a favor, will ya? Take 18 shopping. (Android 18 shoots a hateful glance at her brother and mouths "What do you think you’re doing?"; 17 is still his calm self) Android 17: Well? I need an answer. Krillin: (surprised) uhhh, sure, yeah, I guess I could, if she’s okay with it-- Android 17: Sure she’s okay with it! (shoves a confused Android 18 toward him) You’d better get going. Its probably almost noon now. (puts his hand on Krillin’s shoulder and speaks in a lower tone so 18 can’t hear) And if you try anything funny with her, I’ll kill you! (almost half of 17’s body weight is leaning on Krillin; 17 is clearly hurt, but only Krillin is close enough to notice) Android 18: (annoyed) Fine, let’s go. You're not going to make me ride in a car, are you? Flying is faster. (Android 18 and Krillin fly off as Yamcha and Tien look on bewilderedly) Yamcha: Aw man. How come Krillin has all the luck? (Android 17 watches 18 and Krillin fly off; as soon as they get out of sight he collapses in pain) Yamcha: (walking over to 17) Hey, you need a doctor! Android 17: (tries to get up again; scornfully) Do not....(having some kind of flashback)...Gero is dead, I took care of that....(blacks out) Yamcha: Well, now what do we do? Tien: Whether he meant to or not, Android 17 did help us. Let’s get him out of here. Its the least we can do. (Yamcha reluctantly picks up the unconscious android and they fly away) Meanwhile at Gohan’s House Chi Chi: (is busy in the kitchen) Oh, we’re out of pickles again. I guess I’ll have to go to the store--- Bulma: (from outside) Hello? Anybody home? Trunks: (prattling incoherently) Go-ha! Go-ha! (Chi Chi comes out to meet them) Chi Chi: Oh, Hello Bulma! What brings you here? Hello baby Trunks! Trunks: (waves a hand at Chi Chi, still babbling) Bulma: Its just such a beautiful day we decided to see what you were up to! How’s Gohan? Chi Chi: Oh he’s fine. He’s studying now so I’m afraid he can’t come out. I was just about to go out actually. I haven’t been for groceries in a while--- Bulma: I could give you a ride. You shouldn’t be walking that far in your condition-- Chi Chi: Oh no. I wouldn’t want to cause you any trouble. Bulma: Its no trouble at all! I have some shopping to do too. Chi Chi: Bulma, you act like being 7 months pregnant is being disabled! You have to remember I’ve been through this before. Bulma: You mean you’re in your seventh month already? I thought you were in at least your eighth now. Chi Chi: (thinking for a moment) Hmm. Somewhere around there. Well, I’d better tell Gohan we’re going. Be back in---(turns toward door and sees figures landed on the roof of her house) GOHAN! You’d better not be trying to sneek out again! First Figure: (to the second) Gohan? Now who would that be? What do you think my friend? (second one stares vacantly off into space) Oh, I forgot. You don’t talk. How foolish of me. (laughs at self) Chi Chi: WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY ROOF?!? First Figure: Oh, how rude of me not to introduce myself. I am Tazo, and this brutish thing is Wibbler. He’d say hello, but as sad as it is, he’s somewhat useless; completely mute, spends most of his time staring vapidly into space.... And no skills at all, except for one--- Bulma: (nervously) And what’s that? Tazo: Why, he’s skilled at random acts of violence of course! I grow weary of chattering with these lower lifeforms. Wibbler, demonstrate your talents! Wibbler: (groans and begins to approach Bulma, Chi Chi, and Trunks) Chi Chi: If you think you can just march in here and smash whatever you want, you’re wrong! (powers up) Tazo: Oh, a woman that fights. This could be interesting after all. (sits on the roof) Wibbler, you may destroy them now. (Wibbler groans again and swings a slow and clumsy hand at Chi Chi; Chi Chi jumps, using Wibbler’s outstretched hand as a spring board, kicks him in the head; she then punches him in the stomach a few times on her way down; Wibbler stumbles back) Tazo: Wibbler, what is wrong? Destroy them! This isn’t interesting at all. If I wanted to see a woman fight I would have let Nano come with us! Bulma: BUT WHY DO YOU TO FIGHT US? WE HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING TO YOU! Tazo: Such tempers! But don’t worry. Our warpath isn’t without just cause, dear. Remain calm. Perhaps we will spare you.... Chi Chi: You are the ones that are going to need spared!! (pauses as she feels her baby kicking; thinks) "Maybe I shouldn’t be doing this.---" Wibbler: (attacks again without warning and swats Chi Chi to the ground; she is stunned; a strange ki blast begins to form in his hand) Bulma: OH MY GOSH! CHI CHI! GET UP! Announcer: Oh no! Looks like another fight has begun! But how the tides have turned! Will Chi Chi be able to defeat the two creatures before her? Or are Chi Chi, Bulma, and baby Trunks’s days numbered? And what about the other Z fighters? Stay tuned for scenes from the next episode of Dragonball Z!