The Body Guard

Chapter 21: No More Mr. Nice Guy!

"Are the restrains in place?"

"Yes sir, there's no way he can break out of these"

"Doctor...Doctor? These vital signs are very unusual"

"What is he?..."

Gohan could see the white light through his closed eye lids. The hum and bleeping of monitiors and various machines could be heard all around him. Gohan could identify the one sound of a constant beeping to be monitoring his heart beat.

"Doctor I think he's coming to..."

Knowing he was already busted Gohan open his eye's to observe his surroundings. The room was much like the other building on base. The walls were concrete painted white, barely any windows and the same stale air. A group of people that looked like doctors were over in one corner looking at several monitors. Every once and awhile they would take a look over their shoulder then go back to their arguments. Gohan was pretty sure they were trying to figure out just what he was. Bulma had mentioned that the Sayian vitals where wildly different from humans. Looking down he saw that he was on a large steel chair with an impressive looking steel restrain that where covered with blinking lights and cables.

"Oh so you're awake" A male voice drew Gohan attention. The doctor, as they called him, looked more like a mad scientist that you would see on a badly written B movie. His crazy white hair was frizzy like he had stuck his finger in a light socket. He wore a white lab coat as he walked back a forth tweaking various machines around the room as he talked.

"Where am I?" Gohan said hearing his groggy voice after his un- voluntary nap. He was pretty sure he was still on the base as the Doctor had a small red ribbon symbol on his white lab coat. He shared a brief glance with one of the nurses in the room who quickly looked away with a guilty look on her face. Not a good sign! Gohan was pretty sure this was not going to be a simple doctors check up.

"You're in the R&D department of the base. I wouldn't try anything because not even you could escape those restraints. You're also hooked up to the bases power grid so if you try anything we may just have to fry you!" Gohan looked down at the metal clamps and straps that wrapped themselves around his body.

'You could try!' Gohan smirked internally.

"You are a pretty impressive specimen Mr..." The doctor asked making Gohan feel like he was some kind of experiment subject. Which if the good doctor had his way would probably be at the top of his list.

"It's Gohan...where is Videl?" Gohan asked probing for his own information.

"The Satan girl is fine for the timing being, and if you answer my question then you may be too" Gohan didn't like the threat but he needed more information, so he would press on.

'Oh man! Captured by these clowns...he really hoped Piccolo or even worse Vegeta didn't find out about this one.' Gohan groaned internally.

"Are those super soldiers your doing?" Gohan asked as an attractive nurse came over from her little corner and put some kind of sensor on his bare chest.

"Yes... you like my handwork?" The doctor bragged as he grabbed a clip board from a steel table looking it over lazily.

"It looks like a ripe off of Dr Gero's work...poorly understood I might add" Gohan smiled as he saw the doctor cringe at his comment. "The KI blocker is pretty impressive...of course you stole that too. Capsule Inc. must have been paid a lot of money to steal that information."

"Oh you seem to know a lot about our little operations. Pity you where so powerless to stop us!" The nurses, after a motion from the doctor, quickly filed out of the room.

"So where are the Satans' being kept?" Gohan asked not making the effort to look at the doctor as he walked around his chair.

"Oh they're in the main hall...it appears as if the general is going to push up his broadcast to tonight after you're impressive if not futile attempt at rescue." The doctor leaned down speaking directly into Gohan's ear, attempting to intimidate him h. "While Gohan you don't need to worry about any of that anymore. All you have to worry about is answering my question. I want to know just what you are and how you do what you do ?" Gohan couldn't help but grin a little at the frail mans attempt at intimidation.

"We'll I think I got all the information I need" Gohan said nonchalantly.

"Oh do you now...well maybe a little electrical shock will..."

Gohan suddenly sat up right. His metal restrains gave way like rubber as they stretched and snapped altogether. His restraints sparked and hissed as wires ripped and metal snapped. You could hear the electricity surge through the metal chair in a vein protest but it did little to prevent Gohan from lazily pulling his electrodes off his chest. The doctor screamed and backed away into the corner. The room lit up in red flashing lights, alarm bells rang all over the building.

"THERE IS NO WAY! IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" The doctor screamed as he squirmed around on the tile floor. The door burst open as the guards rushed in at Gohan but he simply batted them aside, there bodies smashing the monitors lining the walls.

"Now you're going to answer my questions!" Gohan said grabbing the doctor by the collar, lifting him off his feet. The doctor was crying as he weakly flailed in Gohan's grasp. "Where is the KI blocking signals coming from!"

"OH PLEASE DON'T KILL ME...IT'S...IT'S being broadcasted threw the radio tower at the ...at the center of the base." Gohan felt a little stupid for not thinking of that in the first place. "PLEASE DON'T KILL MEEEE!"

"Thank you" was all Gohan said before tossing the doctor to the side where he landed hard and crawled away into the corner to hide like a frighten animal.

'There was no holding back anymore...Anything could have happened to the Satan's while I was out. He wasn't going to make the same mistake again, it was time to show these people who they where messing with!'

Gohan raised his hand and blew an exit out of the building in an instant. The whole base shook as fire and flying bricks shot out into the night sky. Gohan walked out onto the green grass and scanned the night sky. He soon saw what he was looking for and with a quick KI blast destroyed the large T.V antenna blocking his senses. It only took a few seconds before the metal frame of the tower fell sideways onto a nearby building destroying both. A helicopter quickly descended on the young Sayian. Gohan had to raise his hand as the helicopter shown a spot light on him as it circled.

YOU THERE! SURROUNDER NOW OR WE'LL SHOOT!

Gohan took the time to bring his GI back up over his shoulder and tie his waist sash up before lazily swiping at the air. The speed and power which he swung his arm threw a current of air at the helicopter causing it to begin to lose control. It pitched and weaved for a moment before falling out of the sky into a massive fire ball. Gohan repeated this action to another helicopter before continuing on his way. There was a flood of KI that enveloped Gohan's mind, he could sense it all again. He could feel Vegeta, Piccolo and all of his friends KI even thought they were thousands of miles away. He felt the super soldiers KI's, with their weird artificial energy that was unmistakable now. Most importantly he could feel Videl again. She was with her parent in a building just across the way from Gohan.

"Hold on Videl I'm coming!" Gohan spoke to the night air as he strolled over to the building. Machines and brave enough soldiers would cross his path now and again but with Gohan not holding back anymore they were of little consequence. Gohan merely chopped at the machines causing them to explode into heaps of metal and sparks.

The building he was looking for finally came into view. It also seemed that the numbers of brave enough soldiers where diminishing. The large building was definitely a standout from the rest, he kind of felt stupid for not noticing before. It was at least 2 stories tall and although it was fortified like a bunker it had windows surrounding the top of it. On the front was a very impressive steal blast door that was almost 2 stories itself. Guarding the door was 2 super soldiers, they seemed to be dressed differently from the rest and by their KI signature where a lot stronger than the others. Some kind of Special Forces brand of super soldiers.

HEY!

IT'S HIM!

LET'S GET HIM!

Gohan just grinned as he approached the soldiers in no particular rush. He could sense into the building. Almost all of the soldiers had gathered in this building. He could feel them tightly packed in military formations. Then in front of that formation was the Satan's and a few of the special forces soldier and then one more. It had to be the general he's was a lot stronger than any of them. Well except one!

AND TODAY WE WILL FINALLY REVEAL OUR SELVES TO THE WORD!

The rant and cheering dragged Videl from her unconscious state. Her mind was foggy as she tried to remember when she had decided to take this nap.

BEFORE WE WERE LEAD BY THE INCOMPATANT AND SUPERSTIOUS. AT THE HIGHT OF OUR POWER OUR LEADERS SENT US ON WILD GOOSE CHASES FOR MAGICAL BALLS THAT PROBABLY NEVER EVEN EXSISTED.

'Magic balls? What was he ranting about..."Videl thought as she tried to rube the sleep from her eyes. ' WHAT THE HELL' she couldn't get her arms from behind her they were stuck almost as if there where...

"Gohan!" Videl sat up with a burst of fear. She remembered now, they had been fighting when she had passed out all of a sudden. 'Where was she? What happened to Gohan? Why am I tied up?' Videl mind spun out of control as her eyes struggled to adapt to the bright white light shinning directly at her.

"Videl..Videl! Are you all right..Del?" The famine voice stopped Videl's rushing thoughts as she had to fight back tears.

"Mom?" Videl said spinning around and seeing a blurred but unmistakable image of her mother. "MOM! ITS YOU...YOU'RE ALRIGHT!" Videl lunged from her kneeling position to hug her mother but with her hands cuffed merely tackled her causing them both to fall to the ground.

"Videl you're awake!" Videl couldn't help it now as a few tears ran down her cheek. Her father's voice, gruff as always, was too much.

NOW ON INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION WE WILL PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL WE ARE A TRUE WORLD POWER! WE'LL SHOW THAT NOT EVEN THE GREAT MR SATAN CAN STAND UP TO OUR MIGHT!

The roar of thousands of people ripped Videl from her family reunion and back to reality. She struggled to get back to her knees, out of her family sprawl on the cool concret floor. Now with both her brain and eye's working together she could take in her surroundings. The man yelling was only a couple of feet away talking behind a podium like a presidential leader or something. Beyond him was what really scared Videl. Thousands of super soldiers, all formed up in line after perfect line. She was on a stage! Not just a stage but the stage had a mock up of the world martial arts ring on it. Surrounding that where large professional looking T.V cameras. The building they were in was tall and as she looked up she found the ceiling which was 2 stories high had one big skylight. A catwalk circled the building as well and she saw several soldiers patrolling back and forth.

"I can't believe they got you too Del" Her mother said as quietly as she could talking over the rantings of the general. "For some reason they are going to broadcast the fight tonight...apparently something really scared them now there in a rush to get it done" Videl sort of heard what her mother was saying but she was trying to concentrate her KI at her wrists. "They want to beat you're father on T.V to prove that there army is the strongest or something"

"These guys are ridiculously powerful...there's nothing we can do!" Mr Satan said in a defeated voice. She may have been glad that her father had finally come down to reality but it still hurt to hear him talk in such a defeated tone. "We'll just have go along with them and once he gets his victory maybe they'll let us go!" Mr Satan saw that Videl wasn't paying much attention as she had a very stern and focused look on her face.

"Videl!" Her mother said in a serious tone "Videl NO! Don't even think about! There is nothing we can do right now so just..."

"Ahhhhh!" Videl suddenly screamed out with a mighty effort as she pulled her arms open snapping the cuffs, the links rattled on the floor. Both Mr and Mrs Satan gasped in astonishment but Videl wasn't waiting for applause. She took off in a charge, her target the loud mouth at the podium. She didn't care about the thousands of soldier or the gun emplacements on the stage. She was just focused on that man. The man that had been the cause of all of this. He was behind the scenes when she was chased from her home in the night. He was giving the orders when her parents were taken from her and Serena had died alone on the grass.

"GENERAL TOE!" Videl screamed as she raced at him with all the anger in her body. Two super soldiers stepped between them as one took a swing at Videl. She had to stop and lean back to avoid the fist. Than with a quick snap kick to his knee he was brought down to a level perfect for her knee to strike him in his head. As the soldier skidded across the floor Videl had caught the strike of the other one and with as side kick to his back sent him hurdling in the opposite direction.

"Ohh my goodness!" Amber whispered to herself at her daughter's physical prowess. Videl had dispatched them like nothing and was closing in on the general, his back still to them all.

"You son of a..." Videl said as she wound up and swung for the general's head. However Videl didn't even see the man move. He had been facing away and instantly he was facing her and had a hold of her fist. Videl came up with a knee but that too was instantly captured in the man's powerful hands. Videl struggled wildly but could not break his hold on her until she saw nothing but stars and felt the sensation of flying. Videl made contact with the ground roughly and slide limply across the floor. Her body made the squeaking sound that running shoes made as she slid to a stop. Her whole body hurt but it was the only thing that made Videl sure she had been struck. She hadn't even seen the man move. He was fast, maybe faster even than Gohan was. She rolled over with a muffled moan as she tried to re-acquire her opponent. That's when a sharp pain shot threw his scalp.

General Toe grabbed Videl by the hair lifting her off the ground with ease. Videl could only cringe as a few involuntary tears streamed down her cheek. With a crooked grin General Toe wandered back over to his podium to the cheers and hollers of his blood thirsty audience.

"THESE PATHETIC SO CALLED MARTIAL ARTIST HAVE BEEN THE ONLY HOPE FOR HUMANITY IN TIMES OF NEED!" Videl gritted her teeth, her anger dulling the pain coursing through her head. "ONCE THE WORLD SEES THEM BEG FOR MECY AT MY FEET THEN THEY WILL PAY US WHAT EVER WE WANT TO PRTOTECT THEM!' Another chorus of cheers erupted as Videl locked eyes prepared to deliver another blow to arrogant man. Then she felt it! Like nothing she had ever felt before!

'What the hell is that?' Videl's brain screamed as her heart nearly skipped a beat. It sent a shiver down her spine and she could barely even breathe. It was like Vegeta's KI when she was at capsule corp but a 100x more powerful. It reminded her of when her and Gohan where first practicing KI detection techniques. She had reached out as far as she could and had felt what she had first thought was an amazing KI level. Gohan had explained that it was East City that she felt and that when she was this far away all the people's KIs blurred into one. But if this was a city she was feeling then that city was just outside the large blast door on the other side of the hanger.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

The loud banging on the blast door shook the wall that it was hanging from. The whole building went silent as it echoed through the thick steel. Someone was on the other side of that door and soon enough Vide was able to determine who it was. Videl gasped completely forgetting the pain of being held up by her hair.

"IT'S GOHAN! HE'S HERE!"