Chapter 4- The Search
Goku and Krillin landed next to the small building, which was no larger than a house. It was gray, and had no windows. Goku looked at the radar and confirmed Gohan's location.
"He's in here. Let's go.", Goku said. Krillin nodded, and braced himself. Goku opened the door, revealing a long flight of stairs. Krillin and Goku looked at each other.
"Well. Looks like we're going down.", Krillin said, as they began their decent into the narrow stairwell. It was cold and wet in the stairwell, there seemed to be no end to the descent. Rounding a corner, Goku sighed when he saw more stairs, and then continued walking carefully down.
After a solid ten minutes of descending, Goku and Krillin entered a larger room. There was nothing in the room, except for a large blast door at the opposite end. They walked towards the door, knowing that at the opposite end, Gohan was waiting.
-Meanwhile, in the lab-
Dr. West sat in his chair, analyzing the flesh he had extracted from the boy.
"Good. He will bond with the virus even better than I had hoped.", he said to himself. Just then, Spade, the leader of the mercenaries walked into the lab, carrying the boy. The two others walked in behind him. West stood, and pushed his hair out of his eyes.
"Set him down.", he said, pointing to the metal specimen table. Spade set him down, and stepped back. West strapped Gohan down and immediately administered more tranquilizer. He then began to examine the boy. The mercenaries just stood and watched. West looked at Gohan's eyes, they weren't their usual black. The sharp, deep eyes had been replaced by a cloudy gray.
"He's beginning to change. Now we just wait.", West said. He removed the bandage from Gohan's chest, saw that the wound had healed completely, in a matter of hours. There was nothing there but a slight scar. West looked at Gohan's mouth; his teeth were darkening and getting sharper. All he needed was time, and the transformation would be complete. Then, they heard the noise of the blast doors opening, and hid themselves, waiting for the intruders to enter.