Chapter 10
The Lab?
"Gohan answer me!" Videl demands. Gohan still doesn't, instead, he turns his attention to Krillian.
"Krillian, do you remember when dad came down with the heart virus?" Gohan asks.
"Ya, what about it?" Krillian asks.
"Well do you remember destroying Dr. Gero's lab?" Gohan asks.
"Where are you going with this?" Krillian asks unsure.
Gohan continues, ignoring his comment, "Well I need you to take me there. It's important."
Krillian gives a look of horror and shock, "Why in the world would I do that?" Krillian retorts.
"Is there a possibility that one of Dr. Gero's computers survived in the destruction of his lab?" Gohan asks, continuing to ignore his friends protests.
Krillian grunts. "There's a very very VERY slim chance that any of his computers survived the blasts, but yes, it's possible." Krillian says giving Gohan a dirty look.
"Good." Gohan says as he gets up out of his bed. "Then, that's where I'm headed next." Everyone looks at him with surprise.
"Not without me." Goku says with determination. Piccolo nods in agreement.
"And I'm okay with that. I might need some back up in case something happens. I can't really handle anything in my condition."Gohan agrees.
"I'm stayin here. I don't want to go anywhere near that lab again." Krillian says. They nod.
"No Gohan, don't do this. Please." Videl pleaded with him.
"I have to go. Piccolo, do you remember where you're going? Without Krillian, we need another navigator. I nor dad has ever been to Dr. Gero's lab." Gohan points out.
"Wait, I'm going too." Goten says.
Gohan shakes his head, "No, Goten. I don't want you getting hurt. You too, Trunks. I can't risk it." Gohan says.
"I can help! You're weaker than me right now. You could use my help." Goten retorts. Gohan gives him an ever so slight smirk. Goten is surprised. No one else notices except Trunks.
"Shall we go then?" Piccolo asks. Gohan nods and they take off.
"Be careful Gohan! I don't want to see you hurt again!" Videl screams after them. She takes a deep breath and leaves the room with Chi Chi.
"Did you see that?" Goten asks Trunks. "You know...that smirk?"
"Ya. It was like he was saying that he was stronger than we think he is." Trunks says just as surprised.
"Is he?" Goten asks. Trunks doesn't answer. They both look at where Gohan had took flight to. Then, they both leave the room as well.
"So, Gohan, what exactly are we going to Dr. Gero's lab for and how did you get all of those injuries from a dream?" Goku asks. Gohan doesn't respond right away.
"Well you know about the guy I've been telling you about?"Gohan asks. Goku nods. "His name is Joe Kazumi. He was one of the top scientists at the Red Ribbon Army, as 18 stated before. When she said that, I thought to myself, 'how can she know so much about one person she hasn't even met before?' Well now I realize that she was thinking back on her personal memories with a mix of what Dr. Gero put into her memory bank. I don't think she realizes it, but she knows more about her life as a human than she thinks she knows." Gohan pauses for a moment, "And to answer your other question, these dreams...they're not just dreams anymore. I'm getting physically hurt by them now. I have an idea of how too. Remember when I told you about the majin? Well I think he's controlling them somehow. That would also explain how I'm getting hurt in my nightmares, to appear physically." Gohan says.
"So, why exactly are we going to Dr. Gero's lab again?" Goku asks.
"Well Joe Kazumi is a human right? Then Dr. Gero must have had some info on him other than what 18 knows." Gohan replies.
"I don't get it." Goku says. Gohan rolls his eyes.
"Goku, he's going to look this Kazumi guy on the computer in Dr. Gero's lab." Piccolo clarifies.
"Oh. So, what do you expect to find on this Kazumi person?" Goku asks.
"I don't know." Gohan says. " I just hope we find something." Gohan says as they get closer to the ruins of Dr. Gero's lab.
"We're close. Be on the look out." Piccolo says to Gohan and Goku. After a couple of minutes they come across Dr. Gero's lab. At that moment, Goku looks at his son and well, he doesn't look so good.
"Gohan, are you sure you're alright? You look a little pale." Goku said with absolute concern. Gohan looks at his father shocked and then he realizes that no, in fact he's the opposite of okay.
"Ya, I'm okay dad, you know I can't tell a lie." Gohan replies reassuringly, giving him a smile.
"Okay. So, what do we need to do now that we're here?" Goku asks.
"Dig through the rubble and check to see if we can find the bottom level of Dr. Gero's lab. After that, try to find a working computer. And if we get to that point...well, lets just get there first." Gohan says. Goku and Piccolo shrug and start going through the rubble. After some time passes, Goku finally finds the entrance.
"Hey guys, it's over here!" Goku yells to the others. Piccolo and Gohan come up to where Goku is standing.
"Alright! Nice job dad! Now lets go." Gohan praises his father while going down the almost destroyed manhole. They reach ground in the matter of seconds. All of them are shocked.
"Wow, Krillian and Trunks really packed a punch here didn't they?" Goku says with astonishment.
"No kidding, but if it wasn't for them, we would have to deal with Cell all over again." Gohan says. When Gohan mentioned Cell, he froze in his tracks, referring to his nightmares. Fear finally struck and the demi-sayin could no longer move his feet. Piccolo and Goku look at Gohan with concern and confusion.
"Gohan?" Goku starts while putting a hand on his sons shoulder. At the touch of his father, Gohan instantly relaxes and quickly regains composure.
"Ya...I'm okay dad. I swear." Gohan says. Goku nods, fighting with himself about if he should trust his son or not. One half of him wanted to drag Gohan home and get his his strength back and the other half wanted to trust Gohan and follow his lead. Goku decided to trust Gohan.
"Okay, lets look around to see if there's still a computer here that's even working still. If not, we've wasted our time." Gohan says. They all start looking around and within minutes, Goku, once again, finds a working computer.
"Wow, I really didn't expect to find a working computer." Gohan says as he sits down in the chair that faced the computer. Gohan starts up the computer. "Awe, protected with a password. How did I know this was gonna happen." Gohan says as he scratches the back of his head. "Oh well...guess I better get to work." Gohan says as he cracks his knuckles and starts rapidly typing on the keyboard. Goku and Piccolo watch Gohan.
'I'm very proud of you, son. You've made your mother and I very proud...' Goku thinks with pride filling his face.
"Got it!" Gohan shouts.
"That quickly?" Goku asks.
"Well ya, the guy had it in for you dad so all I really had to do was think of something that he would say and then type it in. And I guess luck is on our side today." Gohan says while looking up at his father before turning back to the keyboard and typing rapidly again. Goku looks up at the huge screen and now he could see what his son was typing.
DR. KAZUMI is what Gohan typed in. NO RESULTS FOUND
JOE KAZUMI-1 RESULT FOUND
Gohan clicked on the file of this Joe Kazumi guy. Then, popped up a bunch of pictures and information.
"Anything new?" Piccolo asks.
"No, not yet. Nothing that we don't already know." Gohan says. Gohan keeps reading. After a couple of minutes, the computer shuts down and Gohan looks at the computer with disbelief. "D-did you guys see that last part?" Gohan asks his partners.
"No, what did it say, Gohan?" Goku asks.
"It said that...that Dr. Kazumi was the original creator for all of the androids. 17, 18, and Cell included." Gohan said with shock. Piccolo and Goku look at Gohan with shock as he gets up from the chair.
"Then, why would he let Dr. Gero take the credit for the androids?" Piccolo asks.
"I don't know...maybe he knew they wouldn't work." Gohan suggests.
"That can't be true. Why go through all the work if he knew the androids were going to be fakes? It just doesn't make sense." Goku says.
"Then why let Dr. Gero have them?" Piccolo says.
"Maybe he just didn't want them." Gohan points out.
"That makes the most sense right now." Goku says.
"Well how about we head back? We can inform the others." Piccolo says.
"No. I don't want the others to know. Lets keep this between us." Gohan says.
"And if they ask?" Piccolo asks.
"Tell them we didn't find anything new. They'll buy it." Gohan says. Lately he's gotten pretty good at lying.
"This doesn't feel right to me." Goku says.
"Just do it dad, please. For me."
"Okay." Goku agrees.