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Son Gohan the Warrior
Chapter 34:
Goku's Collapse
"Has the android managed to lay his hands on Goku?" asked Yamcha. "Because when that android touched me, it felt like he was sucking my power right out of me!"
"What?" asked Piccolo, turning to face Yamcha. "No, the android hasn't touched Goku yet."
Goku kicked the android into the ground, creating an explosion of dust. The android got to it's feet, staring at Goku.
"Man," said Yamcha, "if Goku hit me like that, I wouldn't be able to move for a week!"
Goku floated there for a moment, catching his breath again. "Ka... me... ha...meeeHA!" shouted the Saiyan with difficulty.
19 grinned wildly, and raised one of his hands, sucking the energy wave in.
"Darn..." said Goku. "Not even a scratch..."
"GOKU!" shouted Piccolo. "Don't use any energy waves! They can absorb them through their hands! It will only make them stronger!"
"You're kidding me!" shouted back Goku, panting heavily.
"Look at Goku, guys," said Krillin nervously. "He's tired! How did that thing take so much of his energy?"
"I don't think it did," said Piccolo. "Something else must be sapping his strength!"
Excellent, thought 20. Now 19 is fully charged. And it seems Goku's new technique is taking it's toll on him.
19 shot up and kneed the Saiyan in the stomach. Goku doubled over from the blow, and elbowed the android in the face. It shook off the blow, smiling, and hammered Goku towards the ground. The Saiyan caught himself two feet before he impacted.
"Kamehame-AGH!" shouted Goku, raising his hands. Before he could send out a beam, he stopped, in obvious agony. "Darn it... what's wrong?"
Gohan noticed his father's hand clenched on his chest, directly over... "HIS HEART!" shouted Gohan, understanding. "THAT VIRUS IS ATTACKING!"
"You're right!" said Piccolo, noticing it as well. "But it's attacking much later than the boy said it would! Goku thought he'd made a mistake!"
Goku collapsed to the ground, having intense difficulty remaining on his feet. His hair turned back to it's normal black.
"He's dropped Super Saiyan!" said Yamcha.
"That's it," said Gohan. "We can't let him keep fighting. I'm going in." He turned to the others. "I'll go get my dad. Then, Yamcha, you'll take him to my house. I'll stay and finish this."
Android 19 charged in and pressed Goku to the ground, absorbing his energy. Gohan raised his fingers to his head and teleported behind 19, drop-kicking the android off his father.
"You won't hurt my father while I'm still around," said Gohan. "I'll finish this fight."
20 turned to face Gohan. "How did he move so fast?" he asked himself. "I couldn't track his movement even with my superior eyesight."
Gohan picked up his father and raised his fingers to his head again, teleporting to the others. He handed his father to Yamcha. "Get that antidote. You might want to take a bit of it, too, just in case."
"Right," said the bandit. "Don't worry. Just finish off these androids." He flew off, carrying Goku as fast as he could.
19 readied itself to give chase. "Let them go," said 20. "We can finish Goku at our leisure. You have done well. It is obvious Goku is no match for us. We can entertain ourselves for now by destroying his pitiful friends."
"That's where you're wrong," said Gohan, teleporting behind both androids to throw them off. "My dad had a virus attacking his heart. That's why he couldn't fight you. But I will."
19 bowed. "I will destroy Gohan now."
"You are being very greedy today, 19," said 20. "You have absorbed enough energy from Goku to increase your power, have you not? Very well. You may finish Gohan, but the rest are mine."
19 turned to face Gohan, who stood there. The android raised one of it's hands, displaying the energy absorbing device.
"You won't trick me into firing an energy wave," said Gohan. "I was watching the battle, remember?"
"You know some of my moves, Gohan," said 19, "but I know all of yours. Dr. Gero studied you very thoroughly."
"Then why were you so surprised when my dad turned into a Super Saiyan?" asked the half-Saiyan. "You didn't watch our battles in space. Dr. Gero made a critical mistake in not covering those battles."
"Oh?"
"That's right," said Gohan. He gritted himself, powering up to full power. His hair turned blond, his eyes green, and he let out a burst of energy, creating a crater around him.
"Not him too!" said 20, turning to face Gohan.
Gohan walked out of the crater he'd created. The androids looked intimidated.
"Enough of this foolishness, boy," said 20. "You may be a Super Saiyan, but your powers are still no match for us."
19 shot eye lasers directly in front of Gohan, obscuring his movements. He burrowed underground, emerging on the other side of the half-Saiyan, shooting eye lasers directly at the half-Saiyan this time.
When the resulting smoke cleared, Gohan was completely unharmed. Android 19 laughed and charged directly at the young Super Saiyan.
The punch the android threw made direct contact on Gohan's face. Gohan looked back at the android. "Just like I thought. You're not as tough as you look." He kicked the android in the chest, then elbowed it in the face, sending it flying backwards. He then elbowed it into the ground.
20 stared in horror as he watched Gohan pick 19 apart. Gohan walked towards the android. 19 got to its feet, then hurtled itself at Gohan at point-blank range. Gohan leaned backwards and kicked the android into the sky. He shot up after it, then punched the android in the face.
19 stared at Gohan, fear in his eyes. A bit of oil leaked from his nose, running down his china doll-like face. It shot two eye beams at Gohan, who vanished and reappeared above the android, hammering it towards the ground. The android created a colossal crater where it hit the ground.
Gohan landed in front of the others. He took out his sword, then leapt down into the crater. Two swipes later, he'd removed the android's hands, nullifying it's energy absorption abilities.
"All right Gohan!" shouted Krillin.
"Good job," muttered Piccolo, giving a rare smile.
He threw one of the hands to the others. "I think Bulma would love the opportunity to study this." He turned back to 19. "You seemed to be enjoying yourself when you were sucking the energy out of my dad. Now you won't be able to do that again."
19 began clawing at the side of the crater, trying desperately to get out of there. Gohan raised his hands. "Masenko-HA!" he shouted, destroying the android immediately. He turned his attention to 20, landing behind the other android.
"You are a bit stronger than I anticipated," said 20, turning around. "But it is nothing I cannot handle. Your defeat is imminent."
"I defeated the other android with minimal effort," said Gohan, staring 20 in the eyes. "What makes you think you'll be any different?"
"I am far superior to the Android 19 model. Stamping you out of existence is a trifle for a unit like me."
"Then let's see what you've got." He punched 20 in the stomach before the android could react. The android doubled over.
"You don't stand a chance, Dr. Gero," said Gohan. 20 looked at Gohan in shock. "Yeah. When we saw you on TV, Bulma thought she recognized you. She looked up a picture, and what do you know? He looks just like you. Add that to the fact that when you're a lot more social and a much better conversationalist than the other one, and I managed to piece it together."
Gero twitched in fury. "You don't know what you're dealing with, boy." He took off, running.
"After him!" shouted Piccolo. The remaining Z-Fighters shot into the air, in hot pursuit of the mechanical Dr. Gero.
Gohan led the pack, when all of a sudden, he was hit by somebody shooting out of nowhere, drop-kicking him into the ground. A certain black-haired Saiyan Prince.
The others stopped. "Vegeta!" shouted Piccolo, twitching in fury.
"I watched your fight with the robot, kid," said the Saiyan. "Not bad. But now it's time we fight."
"Back off, Vegeta," said Gohan, taking off and flying up. "If you want to fight me, we'll do it after we're done with the androids."
"No, brat," said Vegeta. "We'll fight now." He began powering up. His hair turned blond, his aura turned gold, his eyes green.
"You've got to be kidding me," said Krillin. "We don't have time for this!"
"Vegeta, you've got to understand," said Gohan. "If we don't stop him now, the entire earth could be threatened. He's probably on his way back to his lab right now, with some scheme to build new androids!"
Vegeta's answer was to punch Gohan in the face, knocking him down. Gohan shot up. "Piccolo, go stop Gero. I'll join you after I'm finished here."
"Right," said the Namek. He and the other Z-Warriors shot past the two Super Saiyans.
"You want to fight me, Vegeta? Fine. I'll fight you. I knew this was coming anyways. I knew you would turn on us the moment you thought you could beat us. You've always been out for yourself. Now, even though you have a family, you still think only of yourself."
Vegeta shot at Gohan, launching a flurry of attacks. Gohan dodged or blocked most of them, but a few got through. He ducked under a punch, and kicked Vegeta in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Gohan followed up with a kick to the head, knocking Vegeta towards the ground. Vegeta caught himself and launched an energy blast at the half-Saiyan, who deflected it towards the ground where it harmlessly exploded.
"I fight to protect, Vegeta," said Gohan. "You fight just to fight."
"That is the Saiyan way," said Vegeta, moving behind Gohan. He hammered Gohan in the head, knocking him towards the ground. Gohan caught himself, then shot towards Vegeta, delivering an uppercut to the Saiyan Prince. He punched Vegeta in the stomach, knocking him down.
Vegeta responded by punching Gohan's own stomach, doubling the boy over. "I am the Prince of all Saiyans, the strongest fighter in the universe! You will respect me or perish."
"I don't have time to deal with this. Maybe this will teach you that power isn't everything." Gohan teleported behind the Saiyan Prince and kicked Vegeta in the head with his full strength, knocking the Saiyan Prince unconscious. Vegeta dropped to the ground, his hair changing black again.
He panted, catching his breath. Vegeta had worn him down significantly. He was on the verge of dropping Super Saiyan. He raised his fingers to his forehead and teleported away.
-DBZ: SGTW-
Bulma, baby Trunks, and Yajirobe were flying towards the battlefield. The two adults were surprised when Gohan appeared out of nowhere in their air car.
"Bulma, I need the Sensu beans," said Gohan.
Bulma moved to grab the bag. "One's obviously for you," she said, noting how Gohan was rather cut up. "Who're the others for?"
"Vegeta," said Gohan.
"What?" asked Bulma, turning around. "The androids hurt him that bad?"
"No. I had to."
"What do you mean?" Bulma got a little suspicious. "Why did you have to hurt Vegeta?"
"As we were chasing Dr. Gero, Vegeta came out of nowhere and started to fight me. I had to knock him out, but I'll leave him a Sensu bean."
Bulma handed the beans to Gohan. "Good luck."
Gohan raised his fingers to his forehead and vanished. He reappeared in front of Vegeta, who was unconscious. He set one of the beans in Vegeta's hand. "Maybe now you'll stop trying to fight me," said Gohan. He popped another bean, and within moments was healed of all his injuries. After tying the beans into his sash, he raised his fingers to his forehead again and disappeared.
-DBZ: SGTW-
"Piccolo is the strongest," said Dr. Gero, looking at the Namek fly over head, searching for him. "The boy didn't follow me here. I'll have to wonder about that later."
"Where is he?" shouted Krillin in frustration from where he was looking. "He can't have gotten much further than this. Oh, why did Vegeta have to distract Gohan? We could use his help right now!"
Tien surveyed his area. "No sign of him anywhere! Maybe he got away. He's just too fast for us!"
Piccolo was surveying his area silently. Suddenly, he felt a hand close over his mouth. "Well, Piccolo," said Gero. "It seems like you have found me."
Piccolo, seeing no other option, opened a link with Gohan. "Gohan, I need your help. Come quick!"
Suddenly, Piccolo felt as Dr. Gero was torn off of him by a kick. "Thanks kid," said Piccolo, turning to face Gero. "I'm glad your dad taught you that move."
"So am I," said the Super Saiyan. "Now, let's finish this once and for all."
-DBZ: SGTW-
Over the city the androids had appeared in, a young lavender haired man surveyed the devastation.
"It looks like I was too late," said Trunks. "I thought Goku and Gohan would make a difference. If only I'd gone back a little further! Too late to risk it now. The ship only has enough energy for one more jump. I'd be trapped in the past."
Just then, he sensed something. "I can still sense them! They must have moved the battle away from the city so that innocent people wouldn't get hurt! I'm not too late after all!" He shot towards the power levels.
-DBZ: SGTW-
Meanwhile, at the Son house, Goku was laying in bed, panting heavily.
"What's wrong, Yamcha?" asked Chi-Chi, staring at her sick husband, tears being held back. "Why isn't the antidote working?"
"It will," said Yamcha, hovering by Goku's side. "Just give it time."
-DBZ: SGTW-
Will the antidote save Goku's life? Will Gohan and the others manage to defeat the android Dr. Gero? Find out in the next chapter of DBZ: Son Gohan the Warrior!
(A.N.: To those who think the fight between Gohan and Vegeta was too short, consider this- Gohan knew the others would need his help, and had to use everything on Vegeta in order to get out of there fast enough to help the others.)