Another Vision…
(With Gohan)
Gohan heard the machine lowering itself to his level, gathering energy to shoot an energy beam at him. 'There's no way I'll survive that…' He admitted to himself as he tried to find the strength to get up, but he didn't have any energy left at all. His only good arm was slowly losing feeling in it as it was dieing as well, his legs were the only thing he could still feel…
Behind the glass Rifkin looked at the state of the boy before looking at the smirk on the scientist's face. Sure he didn't care about the child, but he knew that if they allowed that last gun to do its test, they wouldn't have anything to test on!
"Sir, don't you think we should wait until the boy's healed a bit?" The scientist's smile faded as he looked at his minion with a frown. "If we do this test it'll kill the boy."
"So? We always have more Saiyans out there to test on." The scientists growled before turning back to the tests that were going on, smiling evilly again.
Gohan heard the machine stop moving as it was level with him, all it had to do was finish charging the attack and he would be done for. 'Daddy….please help me…' Gohan prayed as he felt the gun reached its peak and fired. Gohan clenched his fists against the ground in fear before the blast hit.
The scientist and bio warriors behind the glass shielded their eyes until the light faded. There on the cold floor was an unmoving bloody boy, pale as the color white, lips blue as the sea….
The scientist sighed in disappointed. "And here I thought Saiyans were supposed to be able to withstand a lot more then this…what a piece of trash…" He trailed off before seeing Gohan's fingers begin twitching and watched in fascination.
Gohan moved his fingers around before he began trembling in pain again. 'Wa, what happened? Why, how am I still alive?' Gohan wondered before feeling something strong yet soothing in the pit of his stomach. 'Da, dad? Piccolo, Dende, Mr. Popo, and, and grandpa?' Gohan wondered as he felt a bit of their energy within him before it hid its self so the scientist wouldn't know it was there.
The scientist smirked. The Saiyans were strong after all… "Rifkin, take him to Healing Capsule two, he needs all his strength for the next set of tests…" Rifkin nodded before quickly dragging Gohan by the dead arm to the healing capsules, leaving a large trail of blood behind.
"CLEAN THAT UP!" The scientist snapped at his other workers before looking at the data recorded from the last tests they performed on Gohan. 'Interesting...he may have more potential then I thought…'
(With Goku)
Dende had contacted Krillin and Vegeta less then five minutes ago, but was unable to get in contact with Yamcha, Tien, or even Chiaotzu. Then again they did mention something about a tournament they wanted to enter in the United States. They were probably too busy to even notice what was going on.
Piccolo had forced himself into a meditation to try and locate Gohan's consciousness, but so far he wasn't having any luck. Bardock remained sitting on the steps; he didn't know what he could do to help. He still didn't know how to sense that well and wasn't capable of locating the child any other way. 'I feel so helpless…' Bardock sighed before looking up at his son who was standing at the edge of the Lookout, eyes stern. He didn't have to be there long to know what he was up to, he was trying to get a read on Gohan's energy signal with Instant Transmission, but wasn't having any luck by the way he stood there.
Bardock finally made himself understand that he couldn't do anything to help, but he refused to not know the state the child was in. Somehow Goku was able to sense that he was in danger, but how could that be if he couldn't sense where he was at? 'Does, does he have abilities like me?' He wondered before he couldn't take it any more. "Goku." He hollered on over to the deep in thought Saiyan. It took his son a minute to finally register that he was talking to him and turned.
"What's up?" He asked trying to keep his cool, but the elder Saiyan could hear the strain in his voice.
"I was wondering if Gohan was alright. You know, if the energy made it there in time." Goku looked up into Bardock's eyes with a smile.
"Yes, but from what I can feel, he's in a critical state…" Goku trialed off as he clenched his fists in anger. "Once I get my hands on whoever's doing this, I'm going to make them pay." Goku said in between clenched teeth. Bardock couldn't believe how mad his son was now; it was like he was a whole new person. 'Maybe I should tell him about what I can do…' He debated with himself before looking at his son's angered face. 'No, I can't…yet….' His thoughts trailed off before he felt a different ki and quickly turned. Goku and Piccolo felt the presence and immediately turned as well just as Vegeta arrived, looking more agitated then ever.
"Glad you could make it." Goku said with a deep voice that didn't sound like his own. In fact Vegeta would've snapped a smart alike remark back if it wasn't for how stressed Goku sounded.
"Why are we here anyway?" Vegeta asked in an agitated tone as he stood in front of Goku, looking him over closely. He didn't need a crystal ball to tell him what was wrong. No laughter, no smiles, Gohan was obviously taken.
"I'll explain as soon as Krillin gets here 'kay?" Vegeta just grunted before going on over to a pillar and leaning on it, closing his eyes to pass the time.
Bardock wanted to ask Vegeta if he thought of any reasons why he wasn't dead, but knew that as long as Gohan was missing, none of that cared. 'Oh Gohan, I promised I wouldn't let them take you away from your father….'
(With Gohan)
It had been a few hours since they ran that last test on Gohan and he now resided in a healing capsule, the same ones the Saiyan's used back in the day. The only thing different about it was that it was in a circular tube placed in the center of a room full of computers and other scientists who where working diligently on the other testing courses. They had to have all the tests created by the time Gohan woke up unless they'd be killed, unknown to them, they had less time then they thought…
Gohan's small fingers moved slightly, his shoulders to tremble, and his eyes began to twitch. One of the observers saw this and immediately ran to tell the main scientist about the Saiyan's awakening as the others began to work faster; they didn't want to be killed….
"Now steady…." The main scientist told himself as he carefully applied a cell he extracted from Gohan's blood in the nucleus of a small cell shell, sighing in relief. "Almost finished with the brain part…" He chuckled.
"Master, Master!" The observer yelled as he came running into the room. Rifkin and the scientist slowly turned to the man in much annoyance.
"Why have you disturbed me?" The scientist snapped, scaring the observer a bit.
"Wa, well sir, the, the Saiyan child is waking up sir." He stuttered, moving his hands nervously.
The scientist looked at the man with much interest. With such injuries Gohan received, he should've been out for at least a day or two. Not only FIVE HOURS! 'This is something worth looking into…' He trailed off before getting up out of his chair. "Fine, we shall go and see this child then…" He trialed off as Rifkin and he followed the nervous observer…
(With Goku)
"Hey guys!" They heard Krillin yell and quickly turned to where they heard the voice as Goku smiled in glee.
"Hey Krillin! Glad you can make it!" Goku called back, finally smiling like he used to. Bardock looked up from where his gaze was and studied the monk closely. He had heard stories about Goku and Krillin growing up and was quite interested in him.
"I wouldn't let you guys search for Gohan alone! He's my buddy too! – So, any luck on finding any sign of him anywhere?" Krillin asked, but only got silence as his answer. "I tried to search for his energy on the way here but, but I didn't feel it one bit…This, this has to be a nightmare, right?" Goku looked at his friend sadly as he didn't know what to say to him. He didn't want to admit it, but they were running out of things to do. They weren't getting any where just staying up on the Lookout but if they split up and searched, it would prove helpless as well. Gohan wasn't on the ground; the energy he sent went straight up. But was that possible? It didn't make any sense!
Krillin saw Piccolo and was about to go on over to him before seeing the look-a-like Goku sitting on the steps, looking at Krillin with a broad smile. In all truth, it kinda creped him out. "Uh, who's this guy Goku? Please don't tell me Turles came back!" Goku nearly fell down in laughter. He completely forgot to tell Krillin about his dad.
"Oh this is Bardock, he's my father."
Krillin's jaw dropped as his eyes popped out. "WHAT? YOU'RE, YOU'RE FATHER?" Goku nodded. "Ba, BUT ISN'T HE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD?"
"Yep!"
"But then, but then…."
Bardock couldn't help but chuckle, Krillin was as funny as Goku and Gohan described him as. "We don't know either, but it's nice to meet you Krillin." Krillin looked like he was going to pass out from the shock so he smiled, that way he wouldn't be rude.
Bardock smiled before he felt something pull something in his mind. 'AH!' His eyes widened in both disbelief and shock, causing Krillin to look at him worriedly.
'AH!' He heard a voice scream again before recognizing it.
"Gohan?" He asked out loud, causing everyone to snap out of whatever thoughts they were in and turned to the Saiyan questionably. They all wanted to ask why he said Gohan's name but couldn't find their voices and watched Bardock's eyes open and close.
'DDDDAAAAADDDDDYYYYYYY!'
"GOHAN!" He yelled before a pain shot through his head and he was surrounded in darkness. He wasn't unconscious, but trapped in his mind until this vision was over. But what was the vision?
His thoughts were cut off when he saw what looked like a white lab fade in. There wasn't much there besides computers and a large tube in the center of the room. 'Wait a minute…' He said to himself as he took a closer look and gasped. In the tube was an injured Gohan, he could see his paled skin even through the water. He was about to call out for Gohan before he saw the Saiyan's eyes flash open as he pushed himself against the glass, breaking it instantly. The tube shattered, the water carrying Gohan out onto the hard cold floor without mercy.
"SEAL THE LAB IMMEDAITELY! BEFORE HE GETS OUT!" One of the scientists behind the computers shouted as Gohan struggled to get up. He seemed completely out of energy as he was trembling uncontrollably, but finally forced himself to get up. He seemed too injured to even be trying to escape like this…
None of the scientists moved as they were too frightened to do anything, allowing Gohan to quickly use whatever energy he had to run out of the lab and down various other hallways…
"DAD! Dad please snap out of it!" He finally heard Goku's pleads and snapped his eyes opened. There he saw everyone, including Vegeta gathered around him. Goku smiled in relief when he saw his father's eyes and sighed. "Thank goodness, we thought we lost you for a minute there." Bardock tried to smile, but couldn't find the will to.
Vegeta noticed the fear inflicted upon the Saiyan before sudden realization dawned upon him. While on his last mission, he returned unconscious with nothing seeming to be wrong with him. Then out of the blue he goes up to Frieza's ship, saying that they didn't work for him anymore…
"YOU!" Vegeta began in an angered voice, causing everyone to turn to him. "You have the gift to see into the future, don't you?"
"WHAT?" Everyone else yelled in disbelief. Bardock looked down in shame.
"Yes…" Everyone's faces paled over a bit. Was it really possible to see the future?
"Then what did you see? You obviously just caught a glimpse of something."
Bardock didn't look back up at the others; he was too frightened and worried to do so. "I, I saw Gohan…" Everyone's eyes widened. "He's, he's gonna try and escape…"