Chapter Ten: Gohan's POV
I was floating in darkness; that was warm, cosy yet in the distance I could hear voices talking. I couldn't hear what they were saying even as hard as I try and focus to hear them I couldn't understand them. I sighed though I didn't know if it was aloud or in my head. I couldn't remember what put me in such a state. All that came to me was the image of a strange colored feather.
'Relax Gohan; you need to save your strength. Your body is trying to purify the poison that Chichi injected you with. The power to nullify both the forces of heaven and hell are working on over time with the twins you carry protecting them over yourself.' The thought popped into my head but it didn't sound like my own. I didn't know where it came from yet I didn't feel panicked at all. Almost as if I heard the voice my whole life yet this was the first time. 'No Gohan you've been listening to me your whole life. Even in the moments where you thought you lost all control, you were still listening to me.'
'Who are you? How do you know who I am?' I inquired trying to conjure an image of this person within the darkness that enveloped me.
'The spirit of the universe itself Gohan; before your conception I marked you as my warrior, my protector fully knowing that the soul mate of yours would be the king of hell. Once you bare his inking, your power will fully be unlocked without you nearly breaking your mind and spirit to access that power. However that will only happen if you can survive this poison and the child birth. So much of your potential future is up in the air rate now with the timeline being changed once again.' the strange thought came to me yet again.
'But that would mean that Trunks came back in time again... what happened in his time to force him to reuse the time machine?' I asked fearing what was to have come meaning that what was now coming was going to be much more fearsome then what it was originally.
'It was not Trunks who traveled back in time this time; it was your twins but in their time they never got to meet you, only hearing the stories of you. How things will play out this time around this around I have yet to see everything is still in a state of flux so I know not which fate will come from this at this time just that all the gods are feeling it. Piccolo and Xhine would be feeling it if they weren't fearing your death and worrying about if you'll ever awaken.'
'Gohan; love if you can hear me answer me please...let me know that you're still with us somewhere in that mind of yours' I could hear Piccolo's mind reaching out to mine yet I couldn't reach back out to him no matter how hard I tried.
'Please let me reach out to him, to calm his fears, his worry.'
'It's your own power that protecting you rate now Gohan; It been your own power of foresight. Ever since you were within the womb you could feel Piccolo's power even as bounded up as it was on earth, your own powers protected you from his corrupting touch. Just as you couldn't be corrupted by the Black Water Mist; it's a passive power that you couldn't turn it off even if you wanted to which will also be passed on to your twins, the immunity to unholy and potentially holy effects.' I liked to sounds of that prospects. They would have some of my gifts it would seem which will help them since they mostly seem to have Piccolo's dark powers.
'So what is this state that I'm in? It's not a coma nor sleep or a vision.' I asked only to feel the rumbles of laughter around me.
'This place Gohan is the darkness of cleansing souls that are about to be reborn yet this is the place your soul comes to heal from the scars of your own life, this is where you are King a place of complete neutrality.' I smiled liking the idea of that, the peace that came from the warm darkness around me. I smiled hoping that my eyes were closed in this place to just feel what was around me. At the bottom of my vision I could see twin golden lines reaching off away from me. Both were think, strong looking pulsing with life force.
'These cords are that of my twins are they not?' I asked looking at them. 'Is it because they have no protection in this realm that they are only bound to me by this cord?' I asked only to get no answer. The darkness's warmth was starting to fade away, so too was the peace. I didn't want to leave the peace only it was to be replace by a burning pain the licked at the side; radiating throughout my body.
"Whenever you are ready to wake up Gohan, do so before Hell erupts into chaos once more. The current king and old king at close to feuding over what happened this evening and I am indebted to you for removing the poison from me. No one has cared for me like that since my brief encounters with Tarble" I heard Brolly's muttered voice. It was true that the man rarely spoke said, I felt his callus hand brush against my forehead. I forced my eyes to open turning my head slightly to look at him. "Your awake I'll go in form the two kings."
"Not yet please Brolly, I'm not yet strong enough to face either of them rate now. The pain is too great and I highly doubt that I'll be conscious much longer. Please keep watching over me alright?"I whispered out hoarsely suddenly wanting something to drink he helped me sit up and take a drink of water. I smiled at him weakly as I leaned against him missing the warmth and protection for the rest of the sayains at home, the pack that we had form was missing down here so the one sayain that I did somewhat know was the only one I could turn to for the warmth and the comfort that was so easily given at home was lost down here. I still love Piccolo and I counted on him for much but this was partly a race thing, the need to be with family with others who knew and understood the urges for battle, for contact and for protection.
I felt him petting my hair. I sighed contently letting myself fall asleep, wishing I had seen this gentleness within Brolly before on the forsaken planet that his father set us up to die on years ago. I also wanted to know who this Tarble person is who Brolly seems to treasure so much to mention him by name.
"His fever is starting to break my king, with luck he should awaken soon. Perhaps it would be for the best for Brolly to leave and allow King Gohan peace to awaken on his own then by the constant petting." A strange voice said. I could smell Piccolo close by, I could feel Brolly still petting my hair. I felt relaxed with only a minor ach in my body.
"Thank you doctor that is all, Check on Gohan again in two hours. Stay if you wish Brolly, I know that this is a sayain thing and its calming Gohan down even if the twins don't care for it. He rarely let himself have this luxury at home. The less his body has to stress and fight against the better his body should fight against the poison that's within his body." I heard my mate say. I could feel the slight movement from the man I was still leaning against. I forced myself to open my eyes. Hunger and thirst the main drive behind it. I groaned at the light from the room even as dim as it was, it was still brighter than the darkness I was in for hours? Days? Weeks? I had no idea how long I had be out for.
"How long?" I could barely whisper out. My throat was so dry. I saw Piccolo smile at me warmly.
"Four days, drink slowly so you don't choke. Food will be here for you shortly. I had that meeting with Shin and Goku that you wanted, informed them of what happened. Dende and Bulma want to check you over for their own peace of minds. The twins are fine from what we could tell. King Yama and Shin both want a work with you for ripping Chichi's soul apart. They want to know what went through that mind of yours when you did it." I nodded reaching for the bottle of water with my tail. I blinked looking at my tail that had grown back. I just stared at it like it was a ghost.
"It re-grew three days ago while you slept near the peak of your fever. Drink and relax." I heard Brolly say. I nodded slowly starting to feel nauseated again. Before I knew what was going on I was in Piccolo's arms being carried to the washroom. "I'll be outside guarding the room for the time being."
"Thank you Brolly" Now I knew the universe was on the verge of ending...Piccolo was being polite to everyone around him rate now. Before I could ask I threw up the water I had just drank. I knew I needed to drink to get hydrated again but I didn't want to throw up again. "Dende can sense something coming to earth in the near future to try to destroy it to the best of his interoperations at the moment. It's because your power is unbalanced again. I tried feeding you my power over the past four days but your body wasn't accepting it leaving only your power for the twins to draw from." I could hear the worry in his voice. I laid against him heavily feeling weak, tried and ill. I also wanted to shower, I smelt of old sickly sweat.
"Once I get my power stabilized, we should go visit everyone on Earth so that they know that I'm alive and awake rate now..." I whispered closing my eyes already starting to dose off once more.