Here we go, Gohan vs. the Talon Company!

Chapter 2

"I had enough of this," the leader said, "Lads, dispose of them."

Five of them then pointed their rifles at Gohan and fired a single metal bullet at him. In a swift instance, Gohan caught all five bullets with his bare hands. Even though Gohan was fast, no one saw him catching the bullets. As everyone stood there thinking why the bullets didn't hurt them, Gohan opened his hands slowly and dropped the bullets to the ground.

As the Talon Company was shocked, Gohan said in a daring way "You have to try a lot harder."

"Oh yeah?" the leader asked, "We'll see about that! Attack!"

10 of them suddenly surrounded them with their rifles pointing at them.

"Let's see how you get out of this one!" the leader yelled, "Fire!"

As soon as they fired; Gohan, Piccolo and Starfire disappeared into thin-air and made them shot each other instead. When the ten Talon Company members fell to the floor in pain, everyone looked around to find them.

"What in the world?" one of them said, "Where are they?"

A voice then said "Up here."

When everyone looked up; they saw Piccolo, Starfire and Gohan floating in mid-air.

Off to the side, Gordon said to himself in a stunned way "H-H-How did they do that?"

When Gohan, Piccolo and Starfire landed on the ground, Gohan taunted "Come on. You have to try better."

Just behind them; a Talon member on the ground got up, went up to Starfire and grabbed her around her neck with his left arm. He then took out a dagger with his right hand and placed it next to Starfire's neck.

The Talon member then said "No one moves! Or else this girl gets it!"

When Gohan turned around, he said "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"Or what? he asked.

Suddenly, the blade of the dagger started to melt away from the handle. When the blade melted away completely; Starfire grabbed his left arm, went underneath his body and flipped him over on his back.

Starfire then said "Or you'll get hurt."

Off to the side, Gordon said "The blade melted, but how?"

"Hey Gohan," Piccolo asked, "Aren't we going to kill them?"

Gohan replied "No, these guys aren't worth it."

Out of nowhere, a Talon member swung his sword at Piccolo. However, Piccolo stopped it by grabbing his wrists, pulled him closer and punched him in the chest. As Piccolo sends the person flying away from them; Piccolo's arm then stretched towards him, pulled him back and head-butted him. When he lets go of him, he was knocked unconscious.

"What the?" the leader asked in a frightened way, "What kind of person does that?"

Gohan looks back at them and said "We already took out half of you already. You should surrender."

"Never!" the leader yelled, "Release the secret weapon!"

When one of the Talon members pulled the curtain, it revealed a lion inside a cage. As it roared, the town folks were terrified and started to panic. As they opened the cage, the lion exited and the town started to scream in horror.

"Really?" Gohan laughed, "That's your secret weapon?"

"We paid good money for this beast," one of the Talon members said, "And it will kill you!"

When the lion charged at Gohan, he delivers a right kick across the lion's face and killed it. As everyone stood there alarmed, Gohan gave the Talon Company a furious look.

"Now you all have about three seconds to leave," Gohan said.

In horror, the leader said "Who are you?"

Gohan replied "I am Gohan. Now leave."

After he said that, the Talon Company grabbed their wounded members and left the town. Piccolo then turned to the man who got shot, walked up to him and observed the wound.

"Don't do nothing," the man said, "It's deep."

When Piccolo barely saw the bullet, he raised his left index finger and thumb that had finger-claws and shoved them into the man's wound. Feeling intense pain, the man scream as Piccolo removed the bullet. Piccolo then called Starfire over to heal the man's wound. As she placed her right hand over the man's leg, his wound healed in an instance.

"What the?" the man cried as he stood up, "How did you do that?"

Everyone then crowded around Gohan, Piccolo and Starfire.

Gordon then walked through the crowd and asked "Can you explain what just happen?"

Gohan started to explain everything: from the time he killed King Cold, Frieza and Cooler, to when he traveled across the galaxy, up to now. After he explained everything, everyone was confused.

"Hold on," one of the town's people said, "These two are monsters?"

"No," Gohan said, "Aliens. Don't let their appearance fool you, they are actually good guys."

"Who cares!" another person said, "You're back! And that's all that matters!"

After they said that, everyone started to cheer. Gohan, Piccolo and Starfire shrugged and continued with the party.

As everyone was having fun, Gordon asked "So, who were those two again?"

Gohan replied "The green one is Piccolo. He is from the planet Namek when we first met."

He then looked at Starfire and said "And that over there is Starfire, Princess of Tamaran."

"Princess?" Gordon asked, "Where do you meet people like his?"

Gohan replied "I ask myself the same thing."

He then said "Gordon, are my parents around?"

Gordon replied "Yeah, they are. They still live miles away since you last left."

"Thanks," Gohan said, "I'm going to see them."

Before he was about to leave, he said "What about Steven and Stephanie? I haven't seen them around. Do you know where they are?"

Gordon stood there silent and said "First, go see your family. Then I'll tell you."

"Okay," Gohan said as he became suspicious.

He walked over to Starfire and Piccolo to follow them to his parent's house. When they agreed, they followed him to where he used to live. When he saw his house in range, he stopped for a second.

"What's the matter?" Starfire asked.

Gohan smiled and replied "Wait here for a bit."

They followed Gohan quietly above the house and Gohan carefully knocked the door. He then flew up as fast as he could and when the door swung open, he saw someone walking outside. When he saw who it was, it was his adoptive mother.

"Huh," his mother said, "I could have sworn I heard someone knocked."

After she said that, Gohan descended behind her without her knowing. When she turned back and saw Gohan, she screamed for a second. When she clamed herself and saw him, she began to let out tears.

"Gohan!" she cried, "My baby boy is back!"

She then hugged him when his adoptive father came outside. When he saw Gohan, he too hugged him.

When they all stop, his mother said in a joyous way "Oh my, look how much you grown! And very handsome too."

"Thanks, mom," Gohan said as he blushed, "I miss you guys."

"Son," his father said, "When did you get back?"

"About a few minutes ago," Gohan said, "I just visited the town a bit."

They observed his clothes and his father asked "What happened to your other clothes?"

Gohan laughed and said "I kind of lost them."

"Did you help the girl?" his mother asked.

"Yeah," Gohan replied as he looked up, "You guys can come down."

After he said that, Starfire and Piccolo landed in front of them.

When Gohan's parents startled, he calmed them down and said "Don't be afraid, these are my friends."

He pointed at Piccolo and said "This is my Namekian friend Piccolo."

As Piccolo greeted them, Gohan pointed at Starfire and said "And this is Starfire, Princess of Tamaran. She is the one I helped those years ago."

Starfire then walked up to them and said in a delightful way "It's a pleasure to meet the parents of my love."

Gohan's parents then turned to him with an alarmed look and his mom said "What did she say?"

Gohan replied "She is also my girlfriend."

His parents' mouths dropped and his father said "Your girlfriend is a princess?"

"When did this happen?" his mother asked.

Gohan replied "After I saved her people. We've been together for almost five years."

Starfire then wrapped her arms around Gohan's left arm and said in a cheerful way "We couldn't be anymore happier."

"Well, at least you're happy," his mother said.

His father said "Of course. We were on our way to town for the festival."

"Cool," Gohan said, "Let's take you."

He turned the Starfire and said "Do you mind if you take my mother while I take my father?"

Starfire replied "Of course."

After she said that, she then took Gohan's mother while Gohan took his father.

As they were flying, Gohan's mother asked "So my girl; did my son asked you?"

Starfire looked confused and said "Asked me what?"

Gohan's mother laughed in silence and said "Never mind."

Once they arrived to the town, where everyone was dancing away; Starfire, Gohan and his parents entered the fun. Piccolo just stood aside, he wasn't much of a party type. When Gohan finished dancing with his mother, he turned his attention towards Starfire and began to dance with her. As he was drawn by her beauty, he felt hypnotized. Her face was perfectly astonishing; her eyes sparkled like the stars, he sometimes wondered how he found someone like her to be in his life. Hours went by and when the festival ended; Piccolo, Starfire, Gohan and his parents were in a resturant having a meal together. Since the meal was on the house, Gohan devoured dish after dish of homemade food and was currently eating a large platter of meat. After being away for so long; he forgot how much Earth food tasted, it almost feels like it was new to him.

"Gohan," his mother said, "Didn't I ever told you to show table manners?"

Starfire laughed and said "That's alright. He is a Saiyan after all."

"A what?" Gohan's father asked.

Gohan replied while having food in his mouth "A race of warrior that was known throughout the universe. I found out that my biological parents were Saiyans."

"I see," his mother said, "Next time, don't talk with you mouth full."

Gohan swallowed his food and said "My biological mother said that I shouldn't care."

"What a rude person," his father said, "Where are they? We want to meet them so that we can teach them some manners."

"You can't," Gohan said, "They dead. I am the last Saiyan as we speak."

"Oh," Gohan's mother said.

She then said "What a minute, how can your biological mother tell you that if she is dead?"

"I'll tell you later," Gohan said "I wonder where Mr. Gordon is. I want to ask him about Steven and Stephanie."

When he said that, his parents then had a depressed look across their faces.

"Who are they?" Starfire asked.

Gohan replied "They are my friends. You'll like them when you meet them."

Piccolo then said "Where are they?"

Gohan shrugged and said "Don't know. Maybe they forgot me."

Gohan's father then said "No, they didn't. Everyday, they are always thinking of you."

"Then where are they?" Gohan asked.

His mother then hold his hands and said "Son, something happened when you left."

"Mother?" Gohan asked, "What are you talking about?"

His father replied "Son; Steven and Stephanie are gone."

"Gone?" Gohan said, "Where did they go?"

"No, my son," his mother said, "I mean they're gone. They are missing."

"Missing?" Gohan reacted, "When?"

"Four years ago," his mother replied "They just vanished. It was like they were there in their house one minute, and the next, they are gone."

Gohan then said "Did you guys look for them?"

"We did," she said, "But after months of searching, we had no luck."

"So, we gave up," his father said, "Everyone in the town took it hard, especially the parents."

Gohan felt depressed and said "I can't believe it. What drove them to leave town?"

"That's the thing," his father said, "The two of them had a good life: their parents are good people, they never got into trouble, and they both were cherished by the town."

"Then, who took them?" Gohan asked.

"Like we said: We don't know," his mother said.

Gohan then got out of his seat and said "I think I need some air."

He immediately left the resturant. As Starfire was going to follow him, his mother stopped her.

"I wouldn't do that," she said, "Just leave him alone for a bit, my dear."

Starfire sat down and said in worried way "Are you sure he is alright?"

Gohan's father replied "He's just upset about his friends going missing. Just give him time to relax his mind and feelings."

Just outside, Gohan felt like his whole world turned upside down. Even though his family and his town were perfectly alright; Steven and Stephanie weren't. Not knowing where they are, Gohan felt helpless and didn't know what to do. Suddenly, he felt arms wrapping themselves around his body behind him. He knew it was Starfire; her hands were so soft and warm, it eased his pain and suffering.

As he placed his hands on hers, he said in a peaceful way "Thank you for comforting me."

Starfire's voice said "You were always there for me in times of sorrow. I can at least comfort you through yours."

When he turned to her, her eyes shined once more when he saw them.

He placed his left hand on her and said "What would I do without you?"

Starfire replied in an amiable way "Then we wouldn't have this moment."

As they were about to kiss, they heard what sounded like engines. When they looked up; it was a ship that belonged to Galfore, Starfire's father. The spacecraft landed away from the town and Galfore, followed by 8 Tamaranean guards, entered the town and caused everyone to panic. Piccolo and Gohan's parents rushed outside to see what was going on, only to see Galfore and his guards.

When Galfore saw Starfire, he said in a joyous way "Koriand'r, my daughter!"

"Father!" Starfire cried as she rushed up to him and gives him a hug.

As they were hugging, Gohan's father said "That man is your girlfriend's father? He's huge!"

"He's big," Gohan said, "But I fought bigger."

When Starfire and Galfore stopped, he walked up to Gohan and said "There he is, the Savior of the Galaxy!"

Gohan then said "Hey, Galfore! How have you been?"

Galfore replied "Both good and bad. The good part is that you save many planets across the galaxy."

There was a moment of silence when Gohan asked "And the bad part?"

Galfore then said "Gohan, Piccolo, Koriand'r; we need to talk in secret."