Scattered All About

"What do you mean by 'he surfaced in a way'?" Past Krillin asked in shock and hope. This caught everyone's attention as they too leaned in to hear the conversation.

"The Cell was charging up a dangerously powerful Kameawave when I pleaded him to stop. It didn't seem to work at first, but I guess I said something that struck a soft spot 'cause Gohan said daddy. It wasn't that evil voice either, it was our Gohan's voice." Everyone stared at him with saddened eyes. They wanted to believe in Goku, but after they saw what Gohan did to that old man, they found it rather hard.

"But you were injured; it could've just been your imagination-"

"No!" Goku injected in a somewhat angered voice. "It WAS Gohan, I know it was." He turned to the mystified Piccolo from his time. "Don't you believe me? You said yourself that you felt Gohan at the Lookout!"

All eyes fell on the Namekian as he was trying to debate with himself whether that was real or not. 'I don't know who I am anymore…' Gohan's weak voice echoed in his head as he recalled that breath taking sentence. He knew this was the real Gohan, but if Gohan saved them from destruction, did he remember them?

"I will say one thing; I did contact him at the Lookout for at least thirty seconds, but the last thing he said was he didn't even remember who he was. I'm sorry Goku, but whoever saved you couldn't have been Gohan; he wouldn't remember us." Goku gave Piccolo a shocked look. He expected Piccolo to back him up on this, but here he was trying to disprove Gohan was still alive.

"WHAT?" The rest of the conscious Z-Fighters exclaimed. "He talked to you and you didn't tell us?"

"It was right before we were forced to leave; I was going to tell everyone once we got back."

Goku didn't say anything as he got up. He couldn't believe Piccolo didn't cover for him, but he knew the reason why. They couldn't tell the rest of them until they were able to help Gohan gain more control unless they won't be willing to fight him. The others just debated amongst themselves whether Gohan was alive or not as Goku gazed around the fallen city. 'These people had no warning, no way of knowing what was going to happen…' He then caught glimpse at a little girl who seemed to have been shot in the heart with an energy beam and turned away; clenching his fists in anger. 'Gohan…this has to be hurting you…I promise I'll save you son; even if it means giving up my own life again…'

Android 20 and Gohan made it back to the lab without being followed. It would've shocked them if it wasn't for the fact that the Cell was still having trouble keeping Gohan down in the dark void he banished him to. Once they entered, the Cell quickly took a seat on one of the chairs and began meditating. The Android just went over to the computer and began typing a new command sequence in; a mathematic problem that once combined with science would create a poison that would kill whatever remained of Gohan.

"Computer, process that and create a poison designated to destroy souls." He commanded as he sat back in the chair he was in. The computer beeped a few times before lighting up.

"It'll take at least a day or two."

Android 20 slammed his fists down on the table angrily. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN A DAY OR TWO?"

"I'm sorry doctor, but I need the ingredients before hand." 20 growled before pacing back and forth.

"What blasted ingredients do you need?"

The computer went silent as it was in deep thought. There were two paths it could take. The first one is make the poison. The second was make a vial that'll help weaken the Cell; allowing Gohan to have a chance to take charge once more.

"WELL? TELL ME ALREADY!"

"Calculating…calculating…." It was the moment were only she could change the scheme of things. If she betrayed 20, the Android would destroy her but if she didn't, this whole world including this used-to-be sweet innocent boy would die. But she didn't want to die either… "Ingredients sheet printing…"

The Z-Fighters sent out to find all the survivors before heading back to the Lookout. The scary thing was that only two survived…

Dende rushed outside as the Z-Fighters landed. They looked grim, tired, and hopeless. He couldn't blame them though; they hadn't been able to get some real sleep in a while.

"Did everything go okay?" Dende asked, but no one replied. Instead, they just walked on past him without muttering a word and dispersed through out the Lookout. The only people who stayed to tell Dende everything was the two Krillins', but even they just wanted to get away from reality for a while.

Piccolo traveled back into the same room where he reached Gohan before and immediately got in a meditative pose. 'I hope you're still out there Gohan…' He prayed before he let his mind expand out.

Goku returned to his spot at the edge of the Lookout and stared down below. If anything happened and Gohan was trying to take control again, he would be there in a matter of seconds. But as long as those two were in that lab, he couldn't figure out what was going on in there; that's what freaked him out the most.

Piccolo tried to reach out for Gohan but unfortunately wasn't able to find his conscious; angering him. 'Why was I able to do it before? I'm in the exact spot, exact position, and nothing's changed-' He stopped mid-way as he did feel something different from before. The heaviness that found its way here because of Gohan's pain had been lifted; it was as if it traveled somewhere else… 'Maybe…maybe with each place he suffered at, a part of him was left there!' His eyes shot open as he finally figured out the puzzle and ran after Goku. Piccolo couldn't believe how obvious it was yet they hadn't seen it before! Gohan's soul wasn't fading; it was being left behind at the places that he was in pain at!

Authors Note:

Well I don't think this story will be that long like the last one, Stuck in the future. I'm kinda running out of ideas, but I want the ending to be kinda long, suspenseful, sad, and everything above! So please R&R Please!