'DADDY!!! HELP ME!!!!'
(Future)
'What's wrong with you….son…' Goku wanted to say out loud; but he just couldn't find it within himself to ask his son.
Gohan stared coldly into his father's eyes as he chuckled darkly. "After all these years, I finally realized the truth." Goku looked at his son confused. "You'd never cared about me, that's why you decided to leave me and stay in the Otherworld."
"What? Why would I-"
"Don't try to cover it up; I know you that's why you left."
"Where did you get that crazy idea from?!" Goku retorted now getting a bit agitated.
Gohan smirked. "You know, I'm glad the Androids kidnapped me." He began as everyone looked at him as if he was a completely other person. "Because they showed me the truth; none of you care for me, and I don't care about any of you either…"
Piccolo growled. He had enough of this senseless bickering and wanted the caring boy he stayed on Earth for. "Enough of this nonsense Gohan! I don't know what your problem is, but you need to cut it out!"
"Why don't you just shut up you worthless Namekain! No one cares about what you have to sa-"
"Enough!" Goku yelled. Gohan turned back to his father; smirk faded.
"You're not the boss of me, you're not my father!" Goku felt hurt by the comment. He knew that this wasn't his son, but he felt somewhat responsible for whatever happened to him. "He's dead….Where he belongs….." This pushed everyone over the edge. There was no way Gohan would ever even think of saying something like that.
"What's your deal?!! That's our father who we both were raised with! He saved us countless of times!! You have NO authority to say that; you should be ashamed…" Future Gohan trailed off as his anger was getting the best of him.
"Why do I care? I wish I could have killed him myself…" He turned to Vegeta. "You still up for that fight?"
Vegeta looked at the small demi-saiyan as he knew that the only way to get Gohan under control was to knock him out until they could figure this all out. The only way of doing so without him totally killing him was sneaking up on him; but that seemed like suicide. "Hpmh, I've been waiting for you…" He smirked. 'I may not be able to beat him, but I can always out smart him…'
Gohan quickly transformed into a Super Saiyan with ease. "Do you want me to take it up to the next level; or do you want me to still beat you in this form?"
"I want you to try your hardest!" Vegeta spat without the grin disappearing.
"Fine." Gohan began as he got in his stance to power up. "Hope you've said your good byes!"
"Vegeta?!! What do you think you're doing?!" Krillin hollered as the teen began to power up.
Piccolo placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Let them fight, this could give us an advantage to figure out what's wrong…" He trailed off as the teen finally reached his hidden power; a strong gust of wind overwhelming the entire planet.
(Somewhere very close to where the future Z-Fighters are at)
"Where is everyone?!" I asked myself as I walked out of the Lookout's temple. I searched for countless of hours searching for anyone, even Dende! But my luck was shot as I found no one. 'Where did everyone go? I, I can't be alone…again…' I muttered to myself before leaving the Lookout and heading to where the city used to be; hoping that it would still be there.
(Future)
When the wind settled down and the dust cleared up, they all froze in fear at what they sensed. There on King Kai's footsteps was the most powerful person in the universe, their friend, turning against them. They couldn't let them selves believe that this person in front of them was Gohan; the same loving boy they all adored and would give their life for.
Vegeta stayed staring with his mouth wide open in shock as he felt the saiyan's energy more powerful then before. Gohan took great pride in this. "Still wonna fight?"
Vegeta gulped. "Ya, why would I say no to a weakling like you?" But Vegeta didn't want to fight. He knew that he would be beaten in less than five minutes if he got lucky.
Gohan jumped and hovered up in the air a few feet before disappearing. Vegeta looked around trying to find his energy signal with no luck.
"What's wrong Vegeta…" Gohan laughed as he suddenly appeared behind the very frightened Vegeta; an energy beam ready. "Can't follow my speed?" He asked before hitting the proud prince right in the stomach with it. Vegeta went flying a few yards before quickly gaining his composure and charged at Gohan; ignoring the massive damage the one attack caused. Gohan gave a playful smirk and easily dodged his melee attacks and yawned in boredom. "Is that it?" Gohan asked as he quickly grabbed Vegeta's wrist and snapped it out of place; earning painful screams from Vegeta. "I expected more from you…" He trailed off before he charged another energy blast.
(In an unfamiliar place very close to where the future Z-Fighters were at…)
I continued to fly on over the endless forest when I finally saw the city coming into view. At least that's still there, hopefully I'll find all my ans-" I stopped as a painful pain shot through my entire body. It felt like my sole was being striped while being electrocuted, my vision fading out to black.
The next thing I remember is floating in an endless vast void of nothingness. I still couldn't move any of my limbs, let alone open my frail eyes. 'What's, what's going on…why do I always end up here…'
"AH!!!!!!!"
'Was, was that Vegeta?' I didn't understand why I would hear him scream in pain like that, and it sounded so…..close.
"Gohan! Gohan stop it right now!!!"
'Father? Is that you?! Stop? Stop What? What am I doing? -Father, where are YOU?!!!' I cried out into the empty black void I was now floating in. I don't know what's going on or where I am. Am I still in the city? Am I still in the Lookout having a nightmare? Or am I, am I still in Dr. Gero's lab?
My head began to throb painfully as I didn't understand anything. 'DADDY!!! HELP ME!!!!'
(Back with the future Z-Fighters)
Gohan stopped his arm as the energy blast was just about to hit the beaten up Vegeta in the stomach. Everyone below looked at him in much worry, especially Goku as he noticed his eyes kept going sole less before returning to the cold dark eyes they saw now. "Gohan! Stop, stop this right now!!"
Gohan's head slowly turned as it twitched a couple of times and looked directly at Goku; his eyes now sole less. "Daddy…hel, help me…" He whispered faintly before he lost his grip on Vegeta and began to fall. Goku quickly sprang into action and caught the falling child just as his Super Saiyan two transformation disappeared.
Vegeta still hovered in the air just as confused and shocked as everyone else. His injures were apparently hurting him, but he tried not to let anyone notice.
Goku stared into his son's face as he could faintly feel the darkness that overwhelmed him a minute ago fading away.
Piccolo walked on over to them as he too felt it receding. 'What's wrong Gohan…'
(Past)
Goku looked around as he patiently waited for the others to arrive. He knew he didn't have much time before something bad happened to his son; every second was wasting precious time. 'Come on Krillin, come on Piccolo; where are you?' He sighed in much worry. Even though he had no idea where Gohan was or how he was doing, some how he knew that darkness was slowly overcoming him.
Dende had been watching Goku ever since he arrived and he began to worry about him. He hadn't moved from that spot nor said anything to him since he got there a little over three hours ago. 'I better go over there and make sure he's alright…' He decided before heading on over to his friend.
'Daddy…hel, help me…' Goku's head shot up as he looked on up in the sky above him. He tried to sense around for his son again, but still there was no luck. 'Gohan, was…was that you?' He asked back, but to his irritation, no one replied back. Dende went up to him and noticed his shocked expression immediately.
"Goku, what is it?" Dende asked.
Goku blinked as he just couldn't let himself think that his son was no where to be found; he refused to give up or even feel hopeless. There was a way, there was always a way…
"I heard Gohan." Dende looked at Goku with a disbelieving expression as Piccolo, Krillin, and Vegeta landed on the Lookout. They wanted to tackle him to the ground in happiness to see him, but when they saw the look on Goku's face, they knew they should just stay where they were. "He was scared and seemed…confused."
"What did he say?"
'What did who say? Huh! Could, could they be talking about Gohan?!' Piccolo asked himself as he became in-tuned in the conversation.
"He, he asked for my help…" Goku clenched his fists in anger. "He was scared, confused, and, and he sounded so weak and frail…" Piccolo became distraught at this little piece of information. 'Gohan…'
(Future)
The Z-Fighters all came together to discuss what just happened as Gohan laid unconscious on the couch right behind them. They didn't know what Gohan would do if he woke up again, and they weren't about to take any chances.
"So…what just happened guys? Gohan wouldn't attack us like that, would he?" Krillin asked as he still couldn't believe what just happened.
"No, he wouldn't; but he did…" Trunks trailed off. "This doesn't make any sense!"
Piccolo was staring blankly at the ground below him. His heart was nearly broken as the teen's words kept on repeating in his head over and over again. 'Why don't you just shut up you worthless Namekain.' He shook his head at the thought. 'No, I mustn't dwell on thoughts like that; right now I need to focus on figuring out what's with Gohan…' He reminded himself before sighing sadly. Future Gohan looked over at him sadly before placing a caring hand on his shoulder. This seemed to calm him down a bit.
"No, he wouldn't; that's exactly why we need to find out what's wrong with him before things get worse." Goku said as he too still couldn't believe the whole affair. Piccolo glanced at the teen to see that he bore a frustrated face as if he were having a bad dream. He continued to look deeply into it as much sorrow began to overwhelm him.
"He might be having internal conflict within himself." Vegeta finally spoke up from the corner of the room. Everyone turned to him as he was the last person they were expecting to talk after the fierce battle that left him with two broken ribs and a broken hand. Goku offered to go back and get a senzu bean, but Vegeta wouldn't hear it. "Well! It's a possibility! I mean look at him! He seems so frustrated and defensive! Who knows what he could be fighting!"
Krillin realized where he was going with this. "You're right! The Androids had him for at least a day and a half; that could've given them plenty of time to mess with his head or something!"
Vegeta scowled. "You idiots! That's what they want you to think! Why would the Androids kidnap him just to mess with his head?!"
"Are you saying that they might be controlling him?" Trunks asked recalling the mind control devices people were coming up with these days.
"Maybe, but definitely not from those silly contraptions they show on TV; these are scientist bent on destroying the world. Not some toy makers looking for money!"
"But even if they did use a mind control device, would it actually be strong enough to work on him? His mind is a whole lot stronger than a human's since he's half saiyan and all." Goku asked knowing that they had to cross that possibility off the list.
Vegeta looked away angrily as he still couldn't believe that a mere child had weakened him so only after his first attack. "Well then what else could they have done to him?! Implanted false memories?!"
This comment however made everyone look at him suspiciously. Vegeta noticed this immediately. "What are you all staring at?!"
"It sounds to us like you have experience with this; don't you Vegeta…" Krillin said as he was afraid of the answer.
Vegeta smirked. "While I was with Freeza, I might have done something like this to some of my enemies for fun…" He trailed off before staring back out the window. The others shook their head in disbelief before returning to their brainstorming.
Authors Note:
'Hey, sorry for the bad chapter guys; my mind is in the clouds again as I'm fighting off a bad cold I caught. Oh well, I should be better in a few days. Hope you all like it so far! R&R please!XD And thanks for all of those that have reviewed!'