Dragon Ball Z: The Twisted Mirror

Dragon Ball Z

Chapter 2

Spiritual Illness

Goku lay unconcious on the bed as the gang waited outside of the room within the lookout. Things didn't seem to be going well. Dende had tried his best with his healing ability, and even Buu, but the situation hadn't changed.

Something was wrong with Goku.

Dende sighed tiredly, as he walked out of the room with Buu. Everyone had waited outside in respect so that they could concentrate and at least try to find out what was wrong with Goku. Looking up, Dende could see the hopeful looks on all their faces, hesitant to tell them that they had made no progress.

Before he could tell them, Goten and Trunks had quickly flew to the entrance and ran to the hall. They were not aware of the situation as they were at Capsule Corp when they got the message.

"Mr. Dende, is my dad okay?", Goten asked quickly, as soon as he was within earshot. Chi-Chi had put a comforting hand on his head. Trunks had glanced t his father, who had an impassive scowl on his face.

Dende sighed again. "Everyone, there's good news and bad news. There are no injuries that we could sense." At this statement, everyone visibly calmed down somewhat. "However, It's not the physical aspect that is the problem. His Ki is all out of whack. It seems to be fluctuating at random intervals."

Piccolo, who was at the rear of the group mulled something over before he spoke. "So you're saying it's having something to do with his mind?"

"Yes.", Dende responded after a second. It's not that his energy level was what was fluctuating but it's actual feel. And it felt...odd for lack of a better word.

"You guys can come in, but it seems Goku will need to rest a while before we can find out any more.", Dende said after the slightest hesitation.

Goten looked down at the ground with an unreadable expression on his face. Trunks decided that he would go cheer him up, and take his mind off his dad.

"Hey Goten, let's go train."

"...ok.", Goten responded quietly as they left the lookout.

Everyone else had entered the room. Everyone would've been calmer, except the fact that Goku had a pained look on his face.

0o0o

Goku couldn't feel anything. And it was real dark. Pitch dark. He needed to know where he was. Opening his eyes, he realized he wasn't anywhere familiar. There was nothing to see. It was as though he was standing in some sort of void.

"Ex...te..."

"Huh?" Goku looked around, which of course didn't do any good. He was trying to find out where that sound was coming from.

"K...k...t", The sound was coming from somewhere, but where?

Goku frowned for a second before an idea hit him. "I get it! This is one of those things that Piccolo told me about! Now what was it called?", Goku paced back and forth with his head hung low, his right hand on his chin.

"It was called subconkis, subonky, su-The inside of my head! Ok, to really get this, I'll have to concentrate on finding out something...", Goku put his right hand to his temple, with his index and middle finger outstretched, in Instant Transmission fashion. Merely seconds had gone by before the sound became more distinct. And he could tell where it was coming from! Using Instant Transmission, he teleprted to an area of his mind.

"A saiyan space pod?" The sound was definitely coming from the pod. With the door eerily ajar, Goku stepped in and plopped down on the seat. That's when he hears the sound again.

"Objective: Earth."

"Wait, what?", Goku glanced around the pod until he saw a speaker of some sort. It was wedged in a slot next to a radar, showing the planet Earth. This brought flashes of memory to him. Memories he had long forgot about in his youth.

A small pod sat in the grass in an uncharted area in the forest. Wailing could be heard from inside, like a baby crying for it's mother. Another sound could be heard from within, a feminine eloctronic voice.

"Destination reached. Objective: Kill Inhabitants of Earth. Kill Inhabitants of Earth..."

"Urgh!", Goku yelled as he clutched his forehead, trying to soothe the massive headache he just recieved. He had never seen that memory before! And the ship was telling him to kill innocents! He remembered that conversation with Raditz about how saiyan infants were sent to planets to kill the inhabitants but, that image just gave him the chills. He could have sworn the crying voice sounded like how he did when he was little...

"Papparappa!"

All Goku saw was black, as he lost contact with his subconciousness.

0o0o

Goku had finally awoke, for real this time, his eyes snapping open. He looked around trying to get a feel for where he was at. To his right, he saw Chi-Chi sitting on a chair, next top the bed he was lying on. Her hands were folded on her lap, and her head was hung low. Goku smiled. She had waited for him to awaken. He was touched by how much she was looking out for him. Slowly, he sat up, and almost lost his balance trying to take a step. He would have fell, if he didn't place his hand on the wall.

'Man, whatever happened, must have made my body more tired than I thought it was.', Goku thought grimly. Stumbling, but with better balance, he left the room, closing the door quietly.

"Well, that wasn't so...", Goku stopped mid-sentence as his legs gave way, and he fell to his knees. A blank expression was on his face, as he seemed to be staring out at nothing. It felt as though something was trying to move him against his will. He tried to fight back, but he was too drained from the earlier experience to put up much resistance. Suddenly, he quickly got up, walking towards the entrace of the lookout, only his back visible. His hands were unconciously clenching and unclenching. Veins beagan to become more noticable as his blood flow increased. His energy instantly flared up, his aura gold in color. Bio-electricity sparked as he ascended to Super Saiyan 2. Before jumping off the ledge, a distinct mark could be seen on his fortehead. A Bold italic "M" is on his forehead, his eyes suddenly angry, the borders of his eyes darkening. A look of anger that seemed misplaced on his usually kind face.

"Destroy the Z-fighters and Earth's inhabitants.", he said without emotion, as he flew off towards the nearest city.

West City.