Chapter Ten

'Thoughts'
"Talking"
Emphasis
Telepathy
/Bond/

Dinner begins with shocked silence. Rei and Gramps stare in shock at the sheer amount of food that Gohan is consuming. Gohan is too busy eating the food to notice.

Rei and Gramps look at each other in shock before Gramps clears his throat. "Ahem!"

Gohan stops eating for a moment and looks at Gramps questioningly. "Lesh?"

Seeing the confused look on Gramps and Rei's faces he swallows the food in his mouth before speaking again. "Yes?"

Rei and Gramps look at each other again before Gramps starts to speak. "Say there young man… How long has it been since you've eaten?"

Looking confused Gohan answers truthfully. "Uhhh, the morning you guys found me?"

"You mean you haven't missed any meals and you're eating like that?"

"Yeah well, I my body was kind of weak from all the damage and everything." Gohan replies while stuffing another piece of chicken in his mouth.

Of course the amount of food Gohan is eating is much more than anyone would eat no matter how weak his or her body was. The statement is so ludicrous that they can't even bring themselves to voice any opposing statement. It is such an obvious lie that it can't be a lie. And technically, it isn't. It is true, even if he would still eat a humongous amount anyway.

Deciding to drop that subject, Gramps return his thoughts to Gohan's wounded state when he was found. "Say young man, how did you manage to get cornered by one of those monsters anyway?"

At this statement Gohan takes the time to swallow a huge mouthful to try and gain time. "I don't really know. All I know is suddenly I'm being attacked, and then I woke up here." He says, deciding to stick to the truth as much as possible.

"Hmmm. I see." Gramps says. "Well, goodnight then." He places his dishes in the sink. "I'll see you in the morning Rei, Gohan." Giving them each a nod he leaves the room.

Gohan begins to put his dishes in the sink when Rei confronts him. "Well Gohan? Are you going to tell me what really happened?"

"W-what do you mean Rei?" Gohan says nervously.

"Don't play games with me Gohan." Rei says her eyes flashing dangerously. "I know you're hiding something. If I wasn't sure that you're a good person no matter how many secrets you seem to have you wouldn't be staying here right now." "Besides," she says smirking. "You're not a very good liar you know."

Slumping his shoulders Gohan sighs. "I can't tell you Rei. I wish I could, I really do. But there's nothing you could do anyway."

Rei arch's her eyebrow at this, but Gohan only shakes his head and sighs. Uncharacteristically deciding to let him be, Rei leaves the room as Gohan starts to slowly wash the dishes.

Dream Sequence

Rei tosses and turns in her bed as the solar system comes into view in her mind's eye. The planets earth and mars stand out in her mind before she focuses on the moon. For some reason she is inexplicitly drawn to the dark side of the moon. An ancient fear seizes hold of her and she tries to back away but she cannot resist the pull of the dream. As she gets closer, memories of old awaken. Horrible memories of warriors from mars going on expeditions to the dark side of the moon and never returning. Those who did return were completely insane. Even attempts by the mystics to read their crazed memories for some hint of what caused the damage only ended in the mystic loosing their own mind or dying. She is pulled into the darkness, and she awakes.

End Dream Sequence

Sitting straight up, Rei gasps for air trying to remember the dream. What could have scared her so? A feeling of foreboding comes over her. Why can't she remember? Never has a warning of danger escaped her memory before. And though she cannot remember the dream, she knows it is a warning.

Dream Sequence

Gohan struggles against the pull of something alien to him. Yet it is somehow strangely familiar. Come to me. With a powerful pull Gohan snaps back into his body and returns to a deep untroubled sleep. His conscious mind rapidly forgetting the strange call, his subconscious rapidly fortifying its borders.

End Dream Sequence

AN: I really needed to get this chapter done before the writers block could start to go away so that's why this chapter is so short even after such a long wait. I know you guys are probably angry and you have a right to be, but I'm back now so you should have an update next week.