Vegeta Strikes
(With Goku)
"You're too late; the poison has already entered his blood stream…" Android 20 chuckled before standing back up, allowing Goku to go over to Gohan.
Gohan had his eyes shut and was breathing heavily, which worried him greatly. Goku reached up and caressed his son's cold cheeks, but that didn't help the fact that he wasn't responding.
"Gohan, Gohan its dad! Please son hang on!" Goku pleaded as he placed two figures on his forehead.
"If you're trying to get him to that scientist with blue hair, it won't work." Goku looked at him in complete horror. "This poison was designed to act quickly and targets the person's soul. There's no way you can save him." The Android chuckled as Goku returned his full attention to his son. 'No, no GOHAN! It, it can't be!' Goku tried to convince himself before seeing the needle still lounged in his son's neck. Usually when he saw needles, he'd run away in pure terror, but he didn't care. All he cared about was saving his son.
Slowly yet carefully, he pulled the needle out and threw it against the wall, shattering it to pieces. "Come on Gohan! You've gotta fight it!" He cried and tried to shake the teen awake, but that didn't seem to do anything. He stayed as still as a rock, only his chest rising up and down at an unnatural speed. "GOHAN!"
(With Gohan)
I floated in complete darkness again, the same place I always returned to when I was no longer in control over my body. Apparently something kicked me out of my body for some reason and forced to retreat within myself, guess it was the poison…
'Oh dad, I'm sorry…I, I don't think I'll make it out of this one…' I sighed in utter defeat.
"Just look at you, you're so pathetic…" My eyes shot opened at the voice. There I saw the Cell looking straight at me while holding onto…another me?
I gasped as I knew it was my soul piece, but it wasn't moving…
"You leave my soul piece alone!" I growled hinted with a bit of strength that came from no where. The Cell just chuckled.
"Oh do you mean this piece of trash?" He held up my unconscious part by the hair, making my anger swell. He had no regard for anyone, only himself. There was no way I was going to let this bastard live. If I died, I was taking him with me…
(With Goku)
"Gohan please…PLEASE WAKE UP!" Goku pleaded with all his might, but that didn't seem to help awaken him. Tears soon began to swell up in his eyes as he began to feel Gohan's energy signal slowly fading. "GOHAN!"
This whole ordeal didn't go unnoticed and attracted Vegeta, Krillin, and Trunks who arrived there in about three minutes, but was frozen in overwhelming fear at seeing Goku plead with Gohan to wake up.
Goku continued to shake the poor boy, but it didn't seem to be helping. All it seemed to do was make his breathing raspier and making him breath in more air at one time.
(With Gohan)
"Put my soul piece down RIGHT NOW!" I snapped, my anger freeing me from whatever was restraining me. The Cell stopped chuckling before throwing the other me somewhere behind him, not caring how hard he landed.
"Now that you can finally move, let's fight, just you and me."
Even though I knew that I was unable to beat him, I couldn't help but feel excited. After all the torment he put me and my friends through, now was the chance to get him back. And if I didn't beat him, I'd kill both of us, that way he wouldn't be able hurt anyone else. "Sounds good to me…." I trailed off before getting in a fighting stance, feeling energy flow within me that I thought I lost a long time ago…
"Gohan, Gohan please wake up!" Goku pleaded over and over again, but to no avail. The teen stayed motionless in his now trembling arms, becoming colder and colder by the second.
Vegeta couldn't stand it anymore. He made a promise to Goku and he wasn't going to break it. He turned to the smirking Android to see the mischief in his eyes. 'If that blasted Android made the poison, then he must have the cure.'
Trunks and Krillin just stared dumbfounded as they couldn't believe that this was happening. Their friend was dieing and they could do nothing but watch until his breathing stopped, and the Cell took his place.
"WHERE IS THE CURE YOU STUPID ANDROID?" They heard Vegeta yell and turned to see that he had lifted the Android by the collar of his shirt. They didn't even see him get over there!
20 scowled before trying to get free, but every move he made the prince counteracted with much force. "Put me down right this instant!"
"Not until you give us the antidote you piece of scrap metal!" Trunks and Krillin could hardly believe their ears! Was Vegeta actually trying to help Gohan?
Android 20's eyes hardened before being filled with amusement. "There is no antidote you fool! Now let go of me or I'll end his pathetic life right now!" Goku gave the Android a murderous death glare. Vegeta noticed and tightened his grip on the Android.
"I don't think you'll be doing anything when you're suspended in air. Besides, we've got Gohan this time, not you."
"I can get away from you easily, but if I did, I wouldn't be able to see the looks on your faces when my creation takes full control!" Vegeta scowled before taking one of his hands off the Android.
"Not if you're dead you're not!" Vegeta yelled before releasing a powerful energy wave at the Android with one hand, creating a blinding light engulfing the entire lab.
(With Gohan)
The Cell crossed his arms. "I'm going to enjoy watching you suffer as we fight. Especially since fighting will only speed up the poison's process!"
"Well that's too bad, because I'm not afraid to die." I replied truthfully. I knew I was going to go to heaven and be able to stay with King Kai at Grand Kai's palace. The Cell however would be sent straight to Hell.
My thoughts however were stopped as I saw the Cell do something I thought I'd never see him do. He took one step back and shivered, it was as if something was scaring him, but what?
"Preposterous! Everyone's scared to die!" I looked at him weirdly as I knew that that wouldn't be enough to scare him, but what then?
I watched as he took another step back before becoming stern again, but the fear was clearly written on his face. What does he fear?
(With Goku)
"VEGETA! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Krillin yelled as he tried to stand his ground, but that aftershock of the energy beam was overwhelming. Soon the light faded and when their eyes adjusted, they saw the Android lying defenseless on the ground, missing his bottom half of his body and one arm.
'Father!' Trunks said mechanically to himself before turning to where Goku and Gohan were, worried that they had been hit by the energy beam. When he saw them, he couldn't help but smile in relief. Goku had picked up Gohan and turned away so the blast would hit his back and miss Gohan entirely, but now Goku looked pretty beat up.
"Hey, you alright Goku?" Krillin asked seeing the Saiyan as well. Goku turned to reveal that Gohan hadn't gotten hurt, but was still pale as ever.
Trunks sighed before turning to his father, his anger getting the best to him. "FATHER! That's NO WAY to help GOHAN! You could've hurt him even more!"
"Humph." Was all Vegeta retorted back as he stared down at the Android. He didn't mean to charge that beam up so much and would've felt guilty if he had hurt the others, but the end result made him forget about that. Android 20 slowly opened his eyes as he tried to get up, but found it impossible. Vegeta smirked at this. "You know you could have avoided this altogether if you weren't so stupid." He chuckled as the Android glared at him. He could've blocked, but he didn't think Vegeta would go through with the attack. "Now tell me where the antidote is or I'll finish you off."
