Brother, my Brother

I don't own the original Dragonball Z characters, if I did, I probably wouldn't be writing a fanfiction…

Author's note: This story plot and original idea belongs to my older brother. I wrote the story, but he came up with the idea. I thank him for his help.

Chapter 10: Locked up humans and water:

Gohan opened his eyes and blinked the blurriness away. Looking around, he found Gregory. "Are you alright?" he croaked.

Gregory's eyelids fluttered open and turned his head towards his brother. "More or less," he stated barely audible before closing his eyes and losing consciousness again. Gohan couldn't blame him; he was feeling weak and tired himself. Whatever that thing did to them, it worked.

"I see you're awake," the man from the street observed as he walked into the room.

"What the hell did you do to us?" Gohan snarled. It would've been more intimidating if he didn't sound like he had strep throat.

"Nothing. Yet," he answered with an evil grin. Oddly enough, he released the two half-Saiyans from the binds holding them to the tables they were on.

"What are you doing?" Gohan coughed out.

"I'm letting you off those dreaded tables. Try to get your brother up," he said as he walked to the door and shut it.

"You know, just because you shut the door, doesn't mean that we'll stay in here," Gohan said.

"Oh, trust me; you will not be able to get past me. Neither you nor your brother," he replied with a smirk.

"Gregory," Gohan rasped. "Gregory, wake up. Can you hear me?"

"Hm?" Gregory hummed as he started to wake up again.

"Looks like we're with the guy off the street, the one that was looking for his dog," Gohan said as his brother started to come to. He helped Gregory stand and they looked around the room.

"Where are we?" Gregory asked Dr. Gero's minion.

"You are in my master's domain," he answered.

"And just who is your master?"

"That, I cannot tell you. If he wants you to know before we kill you, then I'll tell you then," he replied. At the word "kill", the twins glared at the man.

"And what makes you think you can kill us?"

"Oh, I have my ways," he said with a chuckle. Gohan didn't like the way this guy was sounding, and he tried to power up. Unfortunately, nothing happened.

"What-?"

"Surprised?"

"What did you do?" Gohan asked with a glare.

"Oh nothing, it's just, when that light hit you, I may have powered you down a bit," he answered.

"How much is a bit?"

"You're human," he stated simply as his answer.

Gohan's mouth dropped to a length that seemed impossible as his eyes got incredibly wide. "Wha- what do you mean we're human?" he stuttered out.

"I mean I took away your Saiyan half, simple as that," he replied nonchalantly.

"What does that mean?" Gregory asked with rising panic.

"It means we don't have any powers or strengths. We're just…normal," Gohan explained in a shocked monotone.

***

"They're still not home, go look for them!" Chi-Chi shouted at her husband.

"Chi-Chi, I'm sure they're fine. They're Saiyans after all," Goku replied.

"I don't care! Just go find them!"

"But Chi-Chi, just wait a little longer," he tried.

"No! They're two hours late coming home from school, and I want my boys home!"

"Fine, I'll go look for them," Goku said standing up.

"Good, and don't come back until you find them!"

***

Where could they be? Goku thought as he walked along the streets. They didn't come home, they didn't call, and they didn't have any after-school activities, where did they go? He himself was starting to get worried. He walked along the path from their school for the fifth time in the past seven minutes. They didn't have a long walk home and he didn't get why they weren't back. "Gohan!? Gregory!?" he called. "GOHAN!? GREGORY!?"

There was still no response. He didn't know what to do, and no matter how hard he tried to find their energy, it seemed like it had just disappeared. He refused to believe that they were really gone, that they had die- don't think like that! What could have possibly killed them? He thought as he continued to walk.

***

Gohan could sense his father near. If they were really human, then their power level must be really low. If that was the case, then he might have some difficulties finding their energies. It was still there though. If he just got close enough, then he would be able to tell that it was them. "You want a fight?" Gregory asked the man holding them captive.

The man laughed. "You want to fight me like this? You don't stand a chance!" he said still chuckling.

"What's the matter? You chicken?" he asked as he stood beside his brother.

"No I'm not, I just don't think it'll be a very fare fight," he said.

"No, maybe not for you," Gregory said in a taunting voice. Gohan just stared at his twin. He had never taunted someone, and he didn't want to mess it up, but what was Gregory doing!? Gohan knew how to fight without his powers, he had had training, but Gregory only got lucky with his fights because of his strength. He had said so himself!

"Fine, if that's what you want, we'll fight," the man replied as he got into a fighting position ready to attack.

Gregory followed suit and made a motion with his finger. "You got the first move," he said flipping him the bird.

The guard ran toward Gregory and his fist met the former Saiyan's jaw line. The idiot's toying with me! He thought as he went to get another hit in.

Crack!

The guard staggered backwards as Gregory's knee came in contact with his rib cage. Sputtering on his own spit and blood, the guard growled and came back at the boy. Swinging out his fist again, Gregory caught it before throwing it back and making contact with his nose. Another ear-shattering crack rang through the air as the man held his crooked nose. Cracking his knuckles, Gregory wasted no time; he threw out his fist and came in contact with his nose again and again. The man fell to the ground. Feeling accomplished, Gregory walked back to his brother. "What was that!?" Gohan nearly shouted in surprise.

"I took fighting lessons behind my mother's back. I had the skills, I'm just lucky that the guy wasn't stable against human strength, or else that would've done nothing to him," he explained.

"I guess it wouldn't have," Gohan replied. He stared behind Gregory with wide eyes. Sensing something off, Gregory went to whirl around. Unfortunately, the Saiyan turned human wasn't fast enough. With a crack, the guard hit Gregory on the pressure point on the back of his neck. Things went blurry for the boy before he fell to the ground.

"Now then, maybe I can take you out to," the guard said to Gohan as he readied himself.

***

Goku walked for what seemed like forever until a small sense came to him. That power! It has to be them, but it's so weak. Either they're very far away or something's wrong. I have to hurry! Goku thought as he ran toward the power. As he ran further and further, he came across a small cave. "What is this place?" he asked himself. The power he sensed was stronger within the cave, but it seemed to be coming from underground. Goku walked around looking for some sort of opening to the underground cave. Walking around, he noticed containers. He walked up to one and gasped in shock. "Is that a human?" he asked himself. She had blond hair and looked like she was sleeping. Next to her was a man that looked almost exactly the same except he had black hair. "Twins?" Goku asked himself. He turned around and saw another container in the center of the room. Going over to it, he opened the lid and revealed what looked to be another human. It was a man with red hair. "What is going on?"

***

Just before the battle had begun, Gohan could feel his father's power coming closer. That means he's coming! He thought happily. Soon after, he and the guard heard a sound on the roof. Like something had been opened. Not knowing what was going on, the guard walked over to the door. "I have to finish you off, but it seems I have an intruder. Looks like I won't have to do this manually. Have fun," he said with a chuckle before he walked out. Gohan heard a lock click on the other side of the door and a beeping. As he looked around, the beeping suddenly stopped. Ice cold water quickly started to come in from vents in the floor. It was coming in even faster than Gohan thought when it had already got to his ankles. This is bad. He thought as he tried to think of a plan.

**And there's that chapter. I'm going to updating a lot sooner now. I'm going to try to get out a chapter once a day, but it'll have to be really late, because I have to finish a reading project before school starts. Enjoy the quick updates, though. The next chapter might not come out tomorrow, though, depending on if I can manage. I'll try though! Tell me what you think and I'll update as soon as I can. 'Til next time!**