Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールゼット)

Last time on Dragon Ball Z!

...mountain village, East District 439.

Android 16 knows the exact location

of Goku's house!

And now that Android 17 has been pointed in the right direction,

it won't be long before the mischievous machine

parks his van on the ailing hero's doorstep.

Well aware of the approaching Android threat,

Goku's friends raced to move him to the safety

of Master Roshi's island.

Meanwhile, back at Capsule Corporation,

Bulma had some puzzling news.

She's discovered what appears to be a second time machine

abandoned in the countryside.

Trunks, I want you to take a good look at it.

Here, check it out.

Could it be that there's really

another time machine out there?

And if so, where and when did it come from?

Find out today!

I'm sure that this is the same time capsule

I used to come here from the future...

This is so weird!

Krillin, ask her if she knows where this is.

Hey, Bulma, listen.

This capsule... Where did you say it was?

Hmmm. Well, I'm not sure exactly.

But it looks like it's somewhere out in the west 1050 area.

You going?

Yes! I've got to check this out!

All right then. I'm going too!

I'll meet you there!

But... do you think that's safe?

Trunks, remember, Mother always knows best!

Are you positive your time machine is one of a kind?

Yes. I'm sure of it!

Hey, Trunks!

Huh?

Is it all right if I come along with you?

I won't get in the way.

Uh--Gohan...

Aww... Don't worry, Mom. I'll be just fine!

Gee, it's not like I can't take care of myself!

Listen to me!

You're staying put 'til your homework is done.

[YAMCHA, TRUNKS, and GOHAN groan]

But, Mom, I'll finish it all...

when I come back!

Mmm.

So then, how are my two favorite

love birds doing? Hmm?

Hey, Mom. I'm going to go out for a while.

Can you watch Trunks for me?

Well, I guess so...

Where ya goin', sweetie?!

Nowhere, really. I've just got to go meet with Trunks!

Huh?!

Trunks. Remember when you were talking about

your world in the future?

Is it really true that the Androids

have destroyed everything?

Yes. The Androids managed to pretty much

annihilate our entire population.

Some of us escaped from West City

before it was destroyed, and now the only way to survive

is to hide in our secret base under-ground.

That's horrible...

Do you think we'll be able to find some way

to stop them before they destroy this world too?

Yeah... I do.

Now go out there and finish them!

It stands to reason that Dr. Gero would have known

about Android 17 and 18's rebellious nature.

I doubt he would have chanced activating them

unless he had some way of turning them off again.

You're not going to put us to sleep again.

Too late! Aaah!

With all of the confusion that my father caused

when he blasted down the door to the lab,

it was impossible to tell how Dr. Gero lost control.

But it was obvious that whatever safeguards

he put in place had failed.

You will do as I tell you to do!

I am your creator!

In the end, the Androids destroyed Dr. Gero--

the only one who had any knowledge of their weaknesses.

Nonetheless, I'm confident that we can

still find the means to deactivate those monsters.

Hm!

Once we figure out how to turn them off,

we'll be able to prevent them from taking over this world.

And I'll finally be able to take back

what's left of mine.

That's great, Trunks! I really hope you're right!

Well, that makes two of us...

Okay, we're coming over West Section 1050.

Let's check it out!

Aaah...

That's it!

Trunks!

Trunks, I found it! I found it!

Come on! It's down here!

That's it all right, Gohan! Good work!

Hey, I'll betcha that's Bulma!

I'll go tell her where we are!

-- -- Huh?

Hello down there!

Hi, Trunks! I'm back! Did you miss me?

I guess so...

Well tell me, what do you think

of the younger version of your mother?

Pretty cute, huh?

Well, I'd say you haven't really

changed that much.

You mean then...

I'll keep my girlish looks for at least another ten years?

Oh, this is great!

This is so embarrassing.

-- So anyway... --

Look at this.

As you can see, this is the time capsule

I traveled back here in.

Which means... the other capsule

isn't yours after all!

They're both mine.

Remember, I said we only managed to make

one time machine in the future.

The two capsules you see here--

they're actually one and the same.

I don't get it.

Here, look at this...

Hm? H-O-P-E...

Hope?

Yes. You wrote it just before I left from the future.

And...

You'll find the exact same thing

written on that other capsule.

But then... what happened here?

The old capsule looks to me

like it's been here for a pretty long time.

Wow...! How weird...

It's melted... but the blast came from inside!

Why would someone wanna do that?

It doesn't make sense!

So--So Trunks...

What do you think made that big hole?!

Honestly, I wish I knew.

Stand back!

What's this?

What in the world are those?

They look like a couple of turtle shells.

Hey! Let me have a look!

Hm.

Well, what do you think, Bulma?

My guess is... maybe they're like eggshells or something.

Eggshells?

It sure is strange...

What comes out of a shell like this?

Hm.

Huh?!

Hey, wait a second!

Maybe whatever hatched out of that egg

made that hole in the capsule canopy!

It looks like there's not much energy left in here.

I better work fast!

C'mon, c'mon, don't give out on me.

I think I've figured out when the capsule landed here.

It looks like it was three years ago.

Huh?

No, wait! It came here four years ago...

That just might explain a few things.

It means that by the time I battled Frieza

three years ago, whoever used this other time machine

had already been here for a year!

I-Is it possible

that he's... the one who... changed history?

There can't be any other explanation!

And that's what happened.

So that's the whole story, eh?

Let's just hope that Goku gets back on track

before those Androids find us all here!

That's all we can do now is hope.

Hey, wait a minute!

If those Androids are going to Goku's house first

and they don't find him there...