Videl thinks that Gohan is spending an unhealthy amount of time working on his latest project. His thick glasses just keep getting thicker. He looks even geekier than Dr. Briefs ever did. This simply won't do. So Videl decides to throw a surprise party for him so he could spend some time with his family and friends, relax and have a bit of fun.
She invites Goten, Trunks, Bra, Marron, #17 and Kamesennin. She also informed ChiChi who set out to shop for food immediately. Bulma and Vegeta said they'd come over later because Bulma had some business to take care of at Capsule Corp. (Bra has already flown off to Gohan's place.) Goku couldn't make it because he was just home last week and Uub was a little bit behind in his training. Piccolo wasn't invited (poor guy) since Videl didn't know how to contact him. And it's not like he was ever the life of any party anyway, even if he was Gohan's mentor. Mr. Satan also couldn't make it because he was busy with endorsement deals with various health products. Even 20 years after he became Earth's hero by defeating Cell (or so the people of Earth thought) he was still very influential.
Now everybody was there, except for ChiChi who was still stuck in traffic jam in Satan City, Bulma and Vegeta (but they're expected to be late) and Kamesennin. He was still stuck on his favourite aerobics show on TV and told #17 and Marron to go first.
While everybody was busy preparing for the party, Gohan suddenly emerged from his lab, shouting "Eureka!!!" He saw Videl and kissed her passionately, oblivious to everybody else in the room. #17, Marron, Trunks and Goten stared in surprise, Bra giggled and Pan was red with embarrassment. Videl was so happy to get her Gohan back, she completely forgot about the party she's planned and had her own private party with Gohan in the bedroom...
So there goes the party. Pan was still embarrassed to see her parents kissing in front of everybody. They never even kissed in front of her before. Red-faced, she ran to her father's lab, and saw his new device. The others finally noticed and followed her to the lab.
Pan was holding a metal rectangular box. It was the size of half a shoe box. There were some wires, meters and various buttons on it, but a big red button on top was the most prominent. She looked at the thing with curiosity. "I wonder what would happen if I push this red button," she thought, and she did it. At that moment Marron went in, followed by #17.
"Pan, I don't think you should..." Marron said but she was too late. As soon as Pan pushed the red button, a portal opened swallowed the three of them!
By now, Trunks, Goten and Bra had just entered the room too, and they too were sucked, as the portal got bigger and bigger. But luckily it didn't grow indefinitely. 15 minutes later the portal finally dissipated and everything was left just as they were before. Except, of course, 5 kids and 1 android are now missing...
Next: Where in time are #17, Trunks, Goten, Marron, Bra and Pan?