Disclaimer- I don't own any of the charecters in the story, I don't think. What if I'm distantly related to Akira Toriyama?(sp?)
Auther Note- if you've been following the story, you know where we're at. Oh, and I'd like to thank all you wonderful people who commented! 'Mars' pointed out that Bulma, Vegeta, and Goku could not possibly be stuck in a black hole, and Mars is right- itz not possible. I was hoping no one would notice (he he) So I'm gunna say its a phenomenon of some sort that only occurs in deepest of space. Something like a venus fly trap. When its prey unwittingly flys into it BANG they are put in a state of suspended animation (at least their ship is. The people inside can still move around) just had to get that cleared up. Now- on to the story!
Gohan (or should I call him Ice now?) was waking up in his cell after the Medusa attack had worn off. At first he had no idea where he was. The last thing he remembered was fighting a bunch of soldiers and powering up, and then... then he woke up chained to a wall in some dungeon most likely under Freiza's base. He could hardly move enough to pick his head up, partly because the Medusa attack had weakened him and partly because getting worked up takes alot of energy. The only Ki he felt was kind of distant and not incredibly strong. Gohan was wondering why his dad wasn't here yet. What if he had been caught in the explosion? The very thought was enough to make him lose hope. But he wasn't gonna lose hope. If his dad couldn't save him, he would save himself. Just how he would manage that, though, he had no idea. He gave a feeble tug on the chains, but they were attatched firmly to the wall. Just then, Gohan heard footsteps, and a familiar, evil Ki approaching. He lifted his head just enough to see Freiza standing there with the Prison gaurd by his side.
"What does he want from me?" Gohan thought angrily "I'm just a kid, if he wanted me dead, he could have done it by now." But subconsciously, Gohan knew Freiza wanted one of two things-the same things all kidnappers wanted out of him. (besides Dragon Balls) 1.) for Gohan to join him or 2.) To use him as a way to get to his father. Gohan hated being a threat to his father. He knew that if his dad thought he was in any danger whatsoever, he would do whatever the kidnappers told him to for the safety of his son. This also made Gohan angry, this feeling of helplessness, and it gave him some of his strength back.
"What do you want?" Gohan asked glaring at Freiza.
"My my, aren't we in a rush," Freiza stated, smiling. "You see Ice, I need a favor of you."
"Ice? why is he calling me Ice? Is he insane?" Gohan thought. It was one thing to be nabbed by a sane maniac, and quite another to be hijacked by an insane one.
"The favor is small, compared to all I've done for you." Freiza continued.
"All you've done for me? You kidnapped me! You killed my friends, and murdered the entire Saiyen race! What have you done for me besides hurt me?!!" Gohan screamed pulling at the chains.
"My dear dear Ice. Your Father left you to die on an exploding planet. He told me that quite frankly, he didn't care whether you made it off the planet or not, and that all he cared about was destroying me, though I don't see why. I didn't destroy the Saiyens, my twin brother did." (as we all know, Freiza does NOT have a twin brother- at least not in this fic)
"That's an awful alibi. I can see right through it. My dad would never leave me to die! He'll be here, just watch. You'll wish you'd never been born!" Right now, Gohan probably would have been angry enough to blow up the entire dungeon, but he was still hurting. All he could do was pull at his chains.
"The favor I ask you, Ice, is that you join me. together we can take revenge on your father."
"I'd think you'd be smart enough to know that I'm going to deny this 'generous' offer. And my name is Gohan." Gohan said, whispering now in what he hoped was a grave tone.
"Fine." Freiza said turning. "Perhaps by tomorrow you'll have changed your mind." and he walked away along with the Prison Gaurd leaving Gohan alone with his thoughts. And so, having nothing better to do, Gohan sat and thought. His Father had been harsh on Namek, but that was just because he wanted Gohan to be safe, right? His dad would never leave him to die on an exploding planet, or in any other situation. That would be just...wrong. His dad had always been there for him. But why wasn't he here now? If his dad had escaped the blast (and Gohan was sure he did) then it should have been easy to trail Freiza's ship. Why hadn't he? What if something happened to him? either way, these thoughts worried Gohan, and he desprately wanted to be free, or at least break the chains that were holding him. He flew up about a foot-as far as the chains would let him go. Then he powered up. It took some time, but he finally managed close to full power. He then took off as fast as he could toward the bars of the cell, hoping to pull the chains loose. The chains creaked a little, but didn't give. He kept this up until he was exhauasted and collapsed to the ground.
"Man, I'm still not fully recovered," He said to no one in particular. He tried to charge a Ki blast, and managed a small one. Using it like a sort of blow torch, he held it against one of the chains around his ankle. After an hour, the chain showed no signs of giving, and Gohan was getting rather impatient. Giving up, he threw the energy against the wall. It didn't even leave mark.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Pooooor Ice." Said a strange voice out of nowhere. Gohan stood to see who was talking. No one was there. There were no speakers or anything planted in the walls, either. Gohan wondered if he was hearing things.
"No, Ice you're not going insane.I'm very real." The voice said
"If you're so real,where are you?" Gohan asked, still skeptical.
"I'm inside you, silly. I'm your surpressed thoughts and emotions." Gohan was tempted to believe it for a minute, but then snapped out of it.
"If you're inside me, you should know my name is Gohan"
"Aahh, but its not. Everything Freiza has told you is true, Ice. Every last word. You know deep down you trust him. How bad could he be? He saved you from Namek." The voice continued.
"Yes, he...No he didn't! No! I know what you're trying to do! This is just some hoax set up by Freiza! I won't believe you!" Gohan tried to cover his ears, but the voice vibrated throughout his entire body.
"But you already believe me, Ice. Freiza only wants to help."
"Freiza wants to help me? Of course. Why would Freiza hurt me? No! What am I saying? I am Son Gohan, Son Goku is my Father! Freiza is the enemy! Stop it!" Gohan screamed, now fighting it more than ever.
"You must be sooo tired. Why don't you rest?" The voice was so soothing, so hard to resist and Gohan found himself falling to sleep. Soon he was off to dreamland
meanwhile, Freiza stood with Cudgel by his side in front of a large moniter showing a sleeping Gohan.
"It worked." Freiza said smiling. "Deploy the Dream Gas." Cudgel pressed a button and they watched a purple-ish gas fill Gohan's cell. This was a special gas that could cause its victim to dream whatever the user wanted. In this case, Gohan was dreaming that he was Ice, and that his Father abandoned him. The wonderful thing with Dream Gas, the victim never remembers dreaming. They just wake up and begin to live the dream like its the truth.
The next morning, Freiza went down to Gohan- oh pardon me- *Ice's* cell when he woke up.
"So, have you made your decision yet, Ice?" Freiza asked. Ice knelt (as best he could with the chains)
"Yes sir. I'm sorry for resisting you. Forgive me." Freiza just smiled and nodded to the gaurd, who freed Ice. There was a different look about Ice- More violent, evil, and ruthless. Ice followed Freiza from the dungeon and to a training area.
"This is where you will train. I am expecting an attack from that no good father of yours and Vegeta. I excpect you to be prepared."
"Yes sir." Ice replied, and he began intensive training immeadiately. Cudgel walked up to Freiza with a worried look on his face.
"My lord, do you think Ice will be ready to take on a Super Saiyen? Your Venus Hole that you trapped the ship in is wearing thin. They will be out of suspended animation in a month or two!
"He doesn't have to be strong enough to beat a Super Saiyen. He just has to be strong enough to beat Vegeta." Cudgel was confused. "The Super Saiyen is his Father, and is soft hearted. He won't hurt his son. We can't Garuntee Vegeta won't, though." A look of understanding Came over Cudgel's face, and the two cackled evilly together.
Ice trained non stop for the next two months. Vegeta and Goku trained too, but not nearly as hard. Ice stopped for nothing. If someone interrupted his training, they were blown to bits.
Two months later, On Goku's ship, suddenly everything started working again. The Ship was moving at high speed toward freiza's base, and stopped about a mile from it.
"We're going to need a safe place to land- somewhere close to the base where the ship won't be found because bulma has to stay with it." Goku said to Vegeta.
"Yeah, sure. There's an old landing dock Freiza doesn't use. No one goes there, it should be safe enough." Vegeta was in a rare good mood his power had increased a great deal over the course of two months. They landed and left Bulma with the ship and flew toward the base as fast as was possible Vegeta blew a hole in the roof and they enetered through that taking many soldiers by surprise. They were gone with one blast from Vegeta and the two Saiyens took off to find Freiza.
Ok, I don't have the energy to write a fight scene, but the next one will be the last one of this series, I promise! I just ahd to get this posted cuz a certain someone- I'm not gonna mention any names *cough* *Chelsee* *cough* is threatening to suck out my brain. I hope this satisfies you! After the last one of this series, I have a bunch of pre written ones that I'll be posting. I've just got to find them *groan* well, toodles!
~mysticGohan33~
